5. 2:5 means %
a) 20 b) 50 c) 40 d) 30
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Answer: c) 40
Step-by-step explanation:
The fraction is 40/100, which means that 2/5 as a percentage is 40%.
2/5 = 0.4
Once we have the answer to that division, we can multiply the answer by 100 to make it a percentage:
0.4 x 100 = 40%
Now we can see that our fraction is 40/100, which means that 2/5 as a percentage is 40%.
A simpler way by first converting the fraction 2/5 to a decimal. For that, we simply divide the numerator by the denominator:
2/5 = 0.4
We can multiply the answer by 100 to make it a percentage:
0.4 x 100 = 40%
Hope it helps!
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