2/5 is a rational or irrational number and would be a rational, irrational, repeating, terminating, or nonterminating/nonrepeating decimal

1 answer

The fraction 2/5 is a rational number because it can be expressed as a quotient of two integers.

In decimal form, 2/5 is equal to 0.4. Since the decimal representation terminates after a finite number of digits, it is a terminating decimal.