What is 5 divided by 2?

The answer to the question: What is 5 divided by 2 is as follows:

5 / 2 = 2.5

Instead of saying 5 divided by 2 equals 2.5, you could just use the division symbol, which is a slash, as we did above.

Also note that all answers in our division calculations are rounded to three decimals if necessary.

Here are some other ways to display or communicate that 5 divided by 2 equals 2.5:

5 ÷ 2 = 2.5
5 over 2 = 2.5
⁵⁄₂ = 2.5

The easiest way we found to answer the question "what 5 divided by 2 means", is to answer the question with a question: How many times does 2 go into 5?

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