⅖ Two Fifths Symbol - Copy and Paste
Two fifths (⅖) is 2/5 written as the single Unicode character ⅖ (U+2156), equal to 0.4 as a decimal.
Where ⅖ is used
An exact 40% - two people in five, two stars of five before half-star ratings existed. Statistics writing prefers ⅖ over 0.4 when counting discrete people or items rather than measuring a continuous quantity.
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