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How do you convert 1/5 into a decimal and percent?

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Jun 1, 2016

It is $0.2$ $0.2$ , or $20 %$ $20%$ .

Explanation:

So you have the fraction $\frac{1}{5}$ $1/5$ .

What the divided sign is, is basically just a division sign. So, to get the decimal, you do $1 \div 5$ $1 divide 5$ .

This makes you get $0.2$ $0.2$ . Now, you need a percentage.

A percentage is a number over $100$ $100$ .

To get $5$ $5$ to $100$ $100$ , you multiply it by $20$ $20$ , and do the same for $1$ $1$ , leaving you with $\frac{20}{100}$ $20/100$ .

So, your percentage is $20 %$ $20 %$ .

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