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What is 2 divided by 1/5?

Answer
2 ÷ 1/5 = 10
Fraction
10
Decimal
10
Percent
1000%

Step by step

  1. Write each number as a fraction
    2 = 2/1
  2. Keep, change, flip
    Keep the first fraction, change ÷ to ×, and flip the second fraction upside down:
    2/1 ÷ 1/5 = 2/1 × 5/1
  3. Multiply the tops, then the bottoms
    (2 × 5)/(1 × 1) = 10/1

Check: 10 × 1/5 = 2 ✓

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1/5

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    What is 2 divided by 1/5?

    2 divided by 1/5 is 10. As a decimal it's 10.

    How do you work out 2 ÷ 1/5?

    Keep the first fraction, change ÷ to ×, flip the second fraction, then multiply and simplify. The steps above show each line.