How do you find the percent notation for 0.05?

2 Answers
Jul 22, 2018

#0.05=5%#

Explanation:

#"to express a fraction as a percentage"#

#• " multiply the fraction by "100%#

#0.05=0.05xx100%=5%#

Jul 22, 2018

#5%#

Explanation:

This is read as five hundredths, meaning, as a fraction, this will have a denominator of #100#.

With this in mind, we can write this as

#5/100#, and since our denominator is #100#, the numerator is the percentage.

#0.05# or #5/100# is the same as #5%#.

Hope this helps!