Question

Write the percent as a decimal. Round to the nearest thousandth if the division does not terminate.5/40%=

Answer 1

ANSWER

$0.001$

Given;

$\frac{5}{40}\%$

Firstly, convert to decimal

we have;

$\begin{gathered} \frac{5}{40}\% \\ =0.125\% \\ \end{gathered}$

"Percent" means "per 100" or divide by 100

Hence, we have;

$\begin{gathered} \frac{0.125}{100} \\ =0.00125 \\ \end{gathered}$

now, converting to the nearest thousandth

$\begin{gathered} =0.00125 \\ \equiv0.001 \end{gathered}$

$\equiv0.001$

The answer to the nearest thousandth is

$0.001$