A fifth is one out of five equal parts. It can also be written as 20% or 0.2.
Answer: 1/5 as a decimal is expressed as 0.2.
1.5 becomes one and one half or one and a half. More common: one point five.
A simple rule for using numbers in writing is that small numbers ranging from one to ten (or one to nine, depending on the style guide) should generally be spelled out. Larger numbers (i.e., above ten) are written as numerals.
"1.5" would be read as "one point five". Note that "1.50" is "one point five oh" or "one point five zero", not "one point fifty", since fifty means five times ten.
So, the percentage of the fraction is 20 % and the value in decimal is 0.2.
1/5 = 15 = 0.2.
Answer: 1.5 as a fraction is written as 3/2.
1 in 5 is the same as 20 percent. To make this fraction into a percent, you need to make the denominator 100. To do this, you'd multiply the 5 by 20, since 5 * 20 equals 100.
Calculating the Answer as a Number
Using this rule, you'll be able to work out the fractional amount of the original number. Let's work it out together. As you can see, the answer to the question "what is 1/5 of 100?" as a number is 20.
Solution: 1 1/5 as a decimal is 1.2
And finally, you get 1.2 as your answer when you convert 1 1/5 (or 6/5) to a decimal.
Solution: 5 1/5 as a decimal is 5.2
And there you go!
For example 0.05 is equivalent to 5%, because 0.05 × 100 = 5.
Lindsay discovers why 0.5 is equal to 1/2. Created by Lindsay Spears.
0.5% zero point five percent OR nought point five percent. 0.501 zero point five zero one OR nought point five nought one OR nought/zero point five oh one.
We commonly write it as “half” omitting “a” before it. One and a half means one full and one more half making it 1 ½ , ( decimal form is 1.5 i.e one point five.)
I usually write as zero point five zero or five tenths.
The 1.5 percent of 1000 is 15.
So number of one fifth is 5. Was this answer helpful?