Calculate: 0.5+5 (6)/(7)

Expression: $0.5+5 \frac{ 6 }{ 7 }$

By definition $\frac{ p }{ 100 }$

$0.5-\frac{ 7.5 }{ 100 }+5 \frac{ 6 }{ 7 }$

Convert the mixed number to an improper fraction

$0.5-\frac{ 7.5 }{ 100 }+\frac{ 41 }{ 7 }$

Divide the numbers

$0.5-0.075+\frac{ 41 }{ 7 }$

Subtract the numbers

$0.425+\frac{ 41 }{ 7 }$

Convert the decimal into a fraction

$\frac{ 17 }{ 40 }+\frac{ 41 }{ 7 }$

Add the fractions

$\begin{align*}&\frac{ 1759 }{ 280 } \\&\begin{array} { l }6 \frac{ 79 }{ 280 },& 6.282\overset{ \cdot }{ 1 } 4285\overset{ \cdot }{ 7 } \end{array}\end{align*}$