What is the decimal equivalent to \frac{1}{20}?
A. 0.5
B. 0.2
C. 0.05
D. 0.02

Question

What is the decimal equivalent to \frac{1}{20}?
	A.	0.5
	B.	0.2
	C.	0.05
	D.	0.02

anonymous · Answer

this is what calculators are made for

alexandervonhumboldt2 · Answer

@satellite73    this is a mind problem

anonymous · Answer

@satellite73  how rude!

anonymous · Answer

although you could 
a) divide or 
b) write $f\rac{1}{20}\times \frac{5}{5}=\frac{5}{100}$

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

ok, so for this style, you need to either 1.  Do the long division.  Or two, change your fraction to something over 100

anonymous · Answer

oops

alexandervonhumboldt2 · Answer

1/20  is too easy to use a calculator:  100/20=5.
multply the  1/20 * 5/5=5/100=0.05

anonymous · Answer

Calculators? That's nice.. Don't be so rude. I don't know the slightest things about fractions. And you expect me to do something with a calculator. Thanks.

anonymous · Answer

$$\frac{1}{20}\times \frac{5}{5}=\frac{5}{100}$$

anonymous · Answer

i was totally serious
calculators are made for decimals'
put in $1\div 20$ and you will get the decimal answer

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

A fraction is just a division problem.  If you can do long division, that is one way.

alexandervonhumboldt2 · Answer

but you will not always have a calculator by your hand...

anonymous · Answer

I didn't know that xD

anonymous · Answer

check it really 
the fraction bar means "divided by" so for example $$\frac{1}{8}=1\div 8=.125$$

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

the other option is to make the denominator a multiple of ten.  When you do this, you can directly relate the value to the place after the decimal.  Just like we did with 625/10000

anonymous · Answer

I got 0.05 in the claculator. Confirmation?

anonymous · Answer

yes

alexandervonhumboldt2 · Answer

yeah

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

that is true, though you could still do it by hand

anonymous · Answer

don't be confused by these fractions
it means division, that is all
most fractions make lousy decimals (try $\frac{1}{7}$ and you will see why)

anonymous · Answer

Fractions are a pain in the bleep. Anymore with my scvhool ;-;

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

well, if you ant another way to look at it, they are just multiplication of an inverse XD

anonymous · Answer

yeah they are a pain to work with, but pretty necessary for computing and measuring stuff

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

no such thing as division in my book

anonymous · Answer

lol

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

no such thing as subtraction either.  There is only addition.  then, we get sick of writing addition so we have multiplication