5 is what percent of 699? (What percent of 699 is 5?)

5 is what percent of 699?

The question here is "5 is what percent of 699?" which is the same as "What percent of 699 is 5?" This math word problem is asking "what percent" so we know that the answer should be a percent. Specifically, what percent (x) of 699 equals 5.

The problem is therefore x% of 699 = 5 which can be written as a function:

		x ∗ 699
		100

= 5

And when we solve the function above for x, we get 0.715. The answer to "5 is what percent of 699?" is therefore:

0.715%

How can we know the answer is correct? We know the answer is correct because 0.715 percent of 699 is 5.

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