Write Five Percent (5%) as a Fraction and Decimal

In this video we’ll demonstrate how to convert five percent (5%) to a fraction and to a decimal.

To convert five percent (5%) to a fraction we need to think about 5% as “5 per 100”. The word percentage means “per 100”. So we can express 5% as the fraction 5/100. In this case we could simplify the fraction to 1/20, which is an equivalent fraction for 5/100.

To change five percent (5%) to a decimal we can again consider it as 5 per 100 or 5/100. We then divide 5 by 100 and end up with the decimal 0.05. Note that we could use the simplified fraction as well by dividing 1/20 which would also give us the decimal 0.05.

We hope you found this tutorial helpful in understanding how to convert 5% to a fraction and decimal. Remember, percentages can always be expressed as fractions and decimals, which can be useful in various mathematical calculations.