Solve 2.5*140%

$$2.5 \times 140 \%$$

Evaluate

$$3.5$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{140}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 20.

$$2.5\times \frac{7}{5}$$

Convert decimal number 2.5 to fraction \frac{25}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{25}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{5}{2}\times \frac{7}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{5}{2} times \frac{7}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5\times 7}{2\times 5}$$

Cancel out 5 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{7}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7}{2} = 3\frac{1}{2} = 3.5$$