Question

At a flea market, 5 out of twelve vendors are selling antiques. What is the decimal equivalent of five-twelfths?

two point four

zero point four one six with a bar over the six

zero point two one five

zero point five one two

Answer 1

whenever you want to convert a fraction to a decimal you always want to divide the numerator by the denominator. so since you have 5/12, you want to do: 5÷12.