At a desert habitat, #2/5# of the lizards are Gila monsters. What is this number written as a decimal?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-07T14:21:17

#2/5# would be 0.4 as a decimal.

Just divide two by five and you'll get 0.4. It's that easy.

Answer 2 · 2018-04-07T14:25:52

#2/5# written in decimal is 0.4

#2/5# = 2 ÷ 5

2 ÷ 5= 0.4

Hence, the answer is 0.4

Answer 3 · 2018-04-07T15:12:47

#2/5 = 4/10 = 0.4#

Decimals are a way of writing fractions which have powers of 10 as denominators.

#0.5 = 5/10#

#0.17 = 17/100#

#0.375 = 375/1000#

So if you can write a fraction with a denominator of #10,100,1000,# etc you have the decimal.

#2/5 xx 2/2 = 4/10 = 0.4#