1 divided by what equals 5?

1 divided by what equals 5? In other words, you have 1 and you divide it by something and then you get 5. What is that something?

We will call that something "X". Here is the equation to find the solution:

		1
		X

= 5

First, multiply both sides by X to get rid of the X as denominator.

		1(X)
		X

= 5(X)

1 = 5X

Then, divide both sides by 5 to get X by itself as follows:

		1
		5

		5X
		5

0.2 = X

Thus, the answer to "1 divided by what equals 5?" is 0.2.

Note that our answers are rounded to the nearest thousandth if necessary. You can divide 1 by 0.2 to check that we got the right answer.

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