5 is what percent of 917? (What percent of 917 is 5?)

5 is what percent of 917?

The question here is "5 is what percent of 917?" which is the same as "What percent of 917 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 917 equals 5.

The problem is therefore x% of 917 = 5 which can be written as a function:

		x ∗ 917
		100

= 5

And when we solve the function above for x, we get 0.545. The answer to "5 is what percent of 917?" is therefore:

0.545%

How can we know the answer is correct? We know the answer is correct because 0.545 percent of 917 is 5.

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