How do you express $2 1/5$ as a percent?

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-10T04:04:58

$220%$

I like to start by converting the number into decimal form:

$1/5$ as a decimal is $0.2$

This means that $2 1/5$ as a decimal is $2.2$ .

Now to convert from decimal to percent, you just multiply by $100%$ :

$2.2\xx 100%=220%$ ,

so the answer is 220%

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