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5/5 equals one; the denominator decides how many equal pieces of the whole will constitute the whole. The answer is 2 1/2. 2 1/2 equals 2.5, and 2/5 equals .4. 2 1/2 times 2/5 equals 1. Or, 2.5 times .4 equals 1. Another way to look at it is this. The numerator of 2/5 is 2. What do I have to multiply the fraction 2/5 by in order to make the numerator equal to 5? The answer is 2.5; 2.5 times 2 equals 5. Another way: a fraction times its reciprocal equals 1. 2/5 has the reciprocal 5/2. [5/2 equals 2 and 1/2]. 2/5 times 5/2 equals 10/10, which equals 1.
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How many two-fifths are in a whole?
2 and 1/2 of them.
What is 1 two fifths divided by 3500?
0.0003
How many fifths make two wholes?
Ten fifths make two wholes.
Which is bigger 1 half or 2 fifths?
One half is bigger than two fifths because two fifths just before 2.5 fifths which is half.
How many meters in two-fifths of a kilometer?
There are 400 metres in two-fifths of a kilometre.
How many fifths are in two and a half?
Fifths doesn't go into 2 and 1/2 evenly. It would be about twelve fifths.
How many two-fifths are in a whole?
2 and 1/2 of them.
What is 1 two fifths divided by 3500?
0.0003
How many fifths are in four fifths?
There are two fifths in four tenths.
How many fifths make two wholes?
Ten fifths make two wholes.
Which is bigger 1 half or 2 fifths?
One half is bigger than two fifths because two fifths just before 2.5 fifths which is half.
How many fifths in 3 wholes and two fifths?
17
What is half of two fifths?
Half of two fifths is 1/5 1/2 * 2/5 = 2/10 = 1/5
How many meters in two-fifths of a kilometer?
There are 400 metres in two-fifths of a kilometre.
What is half of two and three fifths?
half of two equals onehalf of two + three fifths = 1 3/5 = 1.6
What times four fifths will give you two fifths?
1/2..... or 0.5
What two fractions make three fifths?
1 fifth and 2 fifths
