Solve 5.5*11/20

$$5.5 \times \frac{ 11 }{ 20 }$$

Evaluate

$$3.025$$

Solution Steps

Convert decimal number 5.5 to fraction \frac{55}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{55}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{11}{2}\times \frac{11}{20}$$

Multiply \frac{11}{2} times \frac{11}{20} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{11\times 11}{2\times 20}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{11\times 11}{2\times 20}.

$$\frac{121}{40}$$

Factor

$$\frac{11 ^ {2}}{5 \cdot 2 ^ {3}} = 3\frac{1}{40} = 3.025$$