Question

the distance to the nearest gas station is 2 4/5 kilometers. what is this distance written as a decimal?

Answer 1

The whole number in the fraction will be your whole number in the decimal.
2._ _
4/5 is = 80/100 = .8
2.8 is your answer

Hope this helps

Answer 2

The answer is 2.8

let me explain so I put the fraction into the calculator like this 4/5 = 0.8 then brought the two to the front so it looked like this 2.8.