Question

Rewrite 1/5 as a percent​

Answer 1

What the divided sign is, is basically just a division sign. So, to get the decimal, you do 1÷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 20100 .
So, your percentage is 20% .

Answer 2

20%

Explanation:

1/5 as a percent is 20%

The 1 in 1/5 is equal to 10.

The 5 in 1/5 is equal to 50.

Therefore you would multiply 50 x 2 to get 100.

Then, you would multiply 10 x 2 to get 20/100 or 20%