Solve 500-50*(25%)

$$500-50 \times (25 \% )$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{975}{2}=487.5$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{25}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 25.

$$500-50\times \frac{1}{4}$$

Multiply 50 and \frac{1}{4} to get \frac{50}{4}.

$$500-\frac{50}{4}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{50}{4} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$500-\frac{25}{2}$$

Convert 500 to fraction \frac{1000}{2}.

$$\frac{1000}{2}-\frac{25}{2}$$

Since \frac{1000}{2} and \frac{25}{2} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{1000-25}{2}$$

Subtract 25 from 1000 to get 975.

$$\frac{975}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 5 ^ {2} \cdot 13}{2} = 487\frac{1}{2} = 487.5$$