How does 1 divided by 0.05 =20?

1 Answer
Mar 23, 2018

0.05 = 1/20
When you divide a number by a fraction, you multiply that number by the reciprocal of the fraction (1 divided by the fraction or flipping the fraction).
1/(1/20)
=1*(20/1)
=20

1 divided by 0.05 can be written as the following fraction:
1/0.05
Multiplying the numerator and denominator by 100, we get:
(1*100)/(0.05*100)
=100/5
=20