No. 1/20 is the same as 5%, not 20%. Percent means hundredths, so 20% is the same as 20/100, which simplifies to 1/5.
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Per cent means "for every hundred" so if you have 1 for every 20 (one twentieth) then you have 5 for every 100...five one hundredths, or five percent.
one twentieth as a decimal = 0.051/20:= 1 ÷ 20= 0.05 in decimal
20 percent Solution Method: 1/5 * 100 = 100 / 5 = 20 % or 20 percent (both represent the same thing) Another Method: 1/5 = .20 .20 * 100 = 20 % or 20 percent (both represent the same thing)
10 percent of 20 thousand dollars is two thousand dollars. 10 percent is the same as ten hundredths. Ten hundredths is the same as one tenth. One tenth of twenty is two.
No. 0.2 (decimal) is the same as 20%