Solve 264.5*5%

$$264.5 \times 5 \%$$

Evaluate

$$13.225$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{5}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$264.5\times \frac{1}{20}$$

Convert decimal number 264.5 to fraction \frac{2645}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{2645}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{529}{2}\times \frac{1}{20}$$

Multiply \frac{529}{2} times \frac{1}{20} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{529\times 1}{2\times 20}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{529\times 1}{2\times 20}.

$$\frac{529}{40}$$

Factor

$$\frac{23 ^ {2}}{5 \cdot 2 ^ {3}} = 13\frac{9}{40} = 13.225$$