How do you write 5% as a decimal?

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thelittlestleafeon
Mar 4, 2018

0.05

Explanation:

5% means that you have 5 out of 100 (#5/100#). Because there is a one in front you divide 5 by 1, which is just 5. Then you move the decimal point left by the number of zeroes, which is 2.
So 5.0 becomes 0.05.

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