Write 5% as a decimal

Step by step

The question

Question: write 5% as a decimal.

1 Write it over 100

Percent means out of 100.

So 5% is 5/100.

Careful!

5% is 5 out of 100, not out of 10.

Many people write 0.5.

2 Write the decimal

100 has 2 zeros.

So the decimal has 2 digits after the point.

We fill the gap with a 0 after the point.

5 hundredths is 0.05.

The short way: the point moves 2 places to the left.

3 Check

Let's check: go back.

0.05 is 5 hundredths.

So it is 5%.

So the answer is right!

Let's look back.

First: write it over 100.

Then: write the decimal.

Last: check.