Solve Decimal Division: Calculate 0.5 ÷ 2 Step by Step

Let's convert the decimal fraction to a simple fraction:

$0.5=\frac{5}{10}$

We'll write the division problem as follows:

$\frac{\frac{5}{10}}{2}$

Let's convert the division problem to a multiplication problem.

We'll multiply $\frac{5}{10}$ by the reciprocal of $2$ as follows:

$\frac{5}{10}\times\frac{1}{2}$

We'll solve it this way:

$\frac{5\times1}{10\times2}=\frac{5}{20}$

We'll reduce both the numerator and denominator by 5 and get:

$\frac{5:5}{20:5}=\frac{1}{4}$