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

1 Answer
Jun 1, 2016

It is 0.2, or 20%.

Explanation:

So you have the fraction 15.

What the divided sign is, is basically just a division sign. So, to get the decimal, you do 1รท5.

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 20100.

So, your percentage is 20%.