What is 1/5 of 2/1?

What is 1/5 of 2/1? What is the fractional answer to 1/5 of 2/1? What is the decimal answer to 1/5 of 2/1? Here we will explain what 1/5 of 2/1 means and how to calculate it.

1/5 of 2/1 is the same as asking: If you take 1/5 of 2/1, what do you get? Furthermore, 1/5 is 20 percent. Therefore, we are basically solving 20 percent of 2/1 when we are solving 1/5 of 2/1.

To solve the problem, we start by labeling 1/5 of 2/1 like this:

N1/D1 of N2/D2

Then we use this fraction of a fraction formula to solve the problem:

(N1 x N2) / (D1 x D2)

When we enter 1/5 of 2/1 into the formula, we get:

(1 x 2) / (5 x 1) = 2/5

Therefore, the answer to 1/5 of 2/1 in its lowest form is:

1/5 of 2/1 = 2/5

The answer above is 1/5 of 2/1 in fraction form. Below we have converted the answer to decimal form for you:

1/5 of 2/1 = 0.4

Hint: If you need to figure out a Fraction of Fraction problem like 1/5 of 2/1 in the future, remember that you get the answer by multiplying the numerator together and the denominators together. This is the same as multiplying the fractions together.

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