Solve 6.5*1/3

$$6.5 \times \frac{ 1 }{ 3 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{13}{6}\approx 2.166666667$$

Solution Steps

Convert decimal number 6.5 to fraction \frac{65}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{65}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{13}{2}\times \frac{1}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{13}{2} times \frac{1}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{13\times 1}{2\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{13\times 1}{2\times 3}.

$$\frac{13}{6}$$

Factor

$$\frac{13}{2 \cdot 3} = 2\frac{1}{6} = 2.1666666666666665$$