Question

How do you convert 2 2/5 into a percent and decimal?

Answer 1

`2 2/5 = 2.4 = 240%`

Explanation:

The number 1 is the same as 1.00 and is the same as 100%.

The number 2, therefore, is the same as 2.00 and the same as 200%

`2/5` can be converted into a decimal by seeing that `2/5=4/10`. `4/10`, spoken out loud, is "four tenths" and shows that the decimal is `0.4`. And `0.4` is the same as 40%.

Which means that `2 2/5 = 2.4 = 240%`