2/5 as a Decimal

2/5 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 2/5 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.

2/5 as a Decimal Expansion
2/5 = 0.4
Hence,
2/5 as a decimal equals to 0.4
where,
2/5 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 2/5 is 0.4

2/5 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 2/5 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 2 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 5.

The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 2/5 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 2/5

What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 2/5.

step 2 Multiply both numerator and denominator by 2 to make the denominator as powers of 10:
= 2/5 x 2/2
= 4/10


step 3 The numerator 4 of fraction 4/10 can also be expressed as 4.00. Being 10 as the denominator, move the decimal point 1 decimal places from right to left in the numerator to write the fraction as decimal number.
= 4/10
= 0.4

Hence,
2/5 as a decimal is 0.4