Your answer: 5.5
How to get the answer:
Divide 1/2 to get 0.5
Then add the whole 5.
Your answer would then become 5.5
The decimal value of the fraction 5 1/2 is 5.5. The given mixed fraction is simplified to a normal fraction and then converted into a decimal value.
Step 1: Writing the mixed fraction into a normal fraction
I.e., A a/b = [(b × A) + a]/ b
Step 2: Converting the fraction into decimal value:
Dividing the numerator with the denominator gives the decimal value.
The given fraction is a mixed fraction i.e., 5 1/2
So, writing it into a normal fraction as
5 1/2 = [(5×2) +1]/2 = 11/2
Dividing the numerator with the denominator,
= 11 ÷ 2
= 5.5
Thus, the decimal value for the given fraction is 5.5.
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