⅕ One Fifth Symbol - Copy and Paste
One fifth (⅕) is 1/5 written as the single Unicode character ⅕ (U+2155), equal to 0.2 as a decimal.
Where ⅕ is used
Exactly 20%, which makes ⅕ the natural fraction for tips, discounts, and survey summaries where one respondent in five agrees. It converts to decimal with no rounding, unlike the thirds and sixths around it.
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