Question

Write the percent as a decimal. Round to the nearest thousandth if the division does not terminate.5/40%=

Answer 1

`0.001`

Given;

`(5)/(40)\%`

Firstly, convert to decimal

we have;

`\begin{gathered} (5)/(40)\% \\ =0.125\% \\ \end{gathered}`

"Percent" means "per 100" or divide by 100

Hence, we have;

`\begin{gathered} (0.125)/(100) \\ =0.00125 \\ \end{gathered}`

now, converting to the nearest thousandth

`\begin{gathered} =0.00125 \\ \equiv0.001 \end{gathered}`

`\equiv0.001`

The answer to the nearest thousandth is

`0.001`