Question

Write the fraction as a percent. If necessary, round to the nearest tenth of a percent.
5 2/5

A. 540%
B. 5.4%
C. 5.38%
D. 534%

Answer 1

write the fraction in words. ex. 1 1/2 would be one and one half

Answer 2

5.4?

Answer 3

@meilendurcer do you understand how? or do you want me to help you do it?

Answer 4

help me with it

Answer 5

in words. You would write it as five and two fifths. You just write it as you would pronounce it.

Answer 6

Anything to the left side of the "and" is a whole number. Anything to the right side of the "and" is a decimal.

Answer 7

Ok i get it so far

Answer 8

So, you have 5 as a whole number and 2/5 as a decimal. To get 2/5 as a decimal, you divide 2/5. You should get 0.4

Answer 9

okay?

Answer 10

i did

Answer 11

now solve 0.4/100 because you want it to be a percent

Answer 12

what do you get when you solve 0.4/100 (you can use a calculator)

Answer 13

0.004

Answer 14

Now move the decimal two places to the right

Answer 15

(it's not always the number you start with haha)

Answer 16

I was showing you the full steps. You should get .4 again, and that equals 40%

Answer 17

WAIT NOT 40% its 4% sorry typo

Answer 18

so since your whole number is 5 and you now have 0.4, combine them to get......?

Answer 19

5.4% because you add 5 to .4 and you get 5.4%! okay? Do you want me to cover anything else?