If you get a fraction 1/5 how do you divide that without a calculator to get 0.2?
2006-09-16 14:30:31 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
if you don't know how to do this little divison, try this. It has do do with fractions, decimals, and percents. Make 1/5 = 20/100. You could make a percent out of this (20%); not your question though. If you know place value of decimals, 20 hundredths is .20, or just .2.
Making the fractions out of 100 makes things a lot easier.
2006-09-16 14:35:22 · answer #1 · answered by Jenny H 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
in long division just make the 5 the divisor (on the outside) and the 1 the dividend (on the inside). 5 cant divide 1 , so 0 is the first part of the quotient. then place a decimal after the 0 on the quotient line. next you kinda "bring in an invisible 0" next to 1 so you have ten as the dividend. since 5 go in 10 to leave 2 without a remainder, you have a final answer of 0.2. i hope you understand my explanation
2006-09-16 21:39:34 · answer #2 · answered by xodusj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How to divide 5 divide by 1/100
2014-11-04 21:13:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is 1 divided by 5. Since 5 doesn't go into 1, you add a decimal point and a zero. Five will now go into 1.0 0 .2 times.
2006-09-16 21:36:54 · answer #4 · answered by jurydoc 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
actually, you're dividing 1.0 by 5
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5) 1.0
carry the decimal place up to the top, 5 will go into 10 "2" times, giving you an answer of 0.2
2006-09-16 21:39:41 · answer #5 · answered by cinquefoil_solis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1/5 is equal to 20/100, right? add a zero to your "0.2" to get 0.20 (it's the EXACT same thing) and say it out loud - twenty hundredths or 20/100, or 1/5.
just try to get the denominator of any fraction you have equal to 100 using a proportion. good luck! ^.^
2006-09-16 21:38:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
whenever you have a fraction you have to firgure out what to multiply the bottom number by so it becomes 100 it yours case it would be 20, then if you multiply the bottom (denomerator) you need to also multiply the top (numerator). After all that you get 20/100 you can then move over two decimel places so 20 becomes .20
Hope I helped
lol didnt notice others commented yet
2006-09-16 21:39:29 · answer #7 · answered by kky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Divide 1 by 5 (try 1.0 / 5)
2006-09-16 21:38:44 · answer #8 · answered by JackJester 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just multiply the top and bottom by 20 that will give you a percent so in tenths that is 0.2
2006-09-16 21:34:49 · answer #9 · answered by luvs2shop 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1/5 = 0.2 (converted to decimal)
0.2 into 1 = 0.2!!!!!
(I'm not sure if this is what you really ment)
2006-09-16 21:35:17 · answer #10 · answered by lemon drops 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋