At a desert habitat, $\frac{2}{5}$ $2/5$ 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

$\frac{2}{5}$ $2/5$ 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

$\frac{2}{5}$ $2/5$ written in decimal is 0.4

$\frac{2}{5}$ $2/5$ = 2 ÷ 5

2 ÷ 5= 0.4

Hence, the answer is 0.4

Answer 3 · 2018-04-07T15:12:47

$\frac{2}{5} = \frac{4}{10} = 0.4$ $2/5 = 4/10 = 0.4$

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

$0.5 = \frac{5}{10}$ $0.5 = 5/10$

$0.17 = \frac{17}{100}$ $0.17 = 17/100$

$0.375 = \frac{375}{1000}$ $0.375 = 375/1000$

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

$\frac{2}{5} \times \frac{2}{2} = \frac{4}{10} = 0.4$ $2/5 xx 2/2 = 4/10 = 0.4$

At a desert habitat, 252/5 of the lizards are Gila monsters. What is this number written as a decimal?