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

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Rishab C.
Jun 1, 2016

It is 0.2, or 20%.

Explanation:

So you have the fraction 1/5.

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

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

A percentage is a number over 100.

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

So, your percentage is 20 %.

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