Question

Convert 2:5 in percentage form.
mention the steps

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

To get

2

5

as a percent, we need the denominator to be

100

.

2

5

2

⋅

20

5

⋅

20

40

100

Now that we have a denominator equal to

100

, just look at the numerator and that's your percent.

40

%

To make this a decimal, take the percent value and move the decimal point left two times.

40

.40

.4

or

0.4