Question

Convert the fraction to a decimal. 1/5=

Answer 1

0.2

Explanation:

1/5 or one-fifths is a whole divided into 5 equal parts.

Suppose 100. Divide 100 into 5 equal parts and we get 20.

The whole 1 divided into 5 equal parts is 0.2.

Answer 2

Answer: 0.2

Step-by-step explanation: Decimals represent fractions with denominators of 10, 100, 1,000, and so on.

Therefore, in order to write 1/5 as a decimal, we must first

find a fraction equivalent to 1/5 with a denominator of 10.

So we multiply the numerator and denominator of

1/5 by 2 to get the equivalent fraction 2/10.

Now we have a fraction that can be written as a decimal.

Since the tenths place is 1 place to the right

of the decimal, we can write 2/10 as 0.2.