5 is what percent of 983? (What percent of 983 is 5?)

5 is what percent of 983?

The question here is "5 is what percent of 983?" which is the same as "What percent of 983 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 983 equals 5.

The problem is therefore x% of 983 = 5 which can be written as a function:

		x ∗ 983
		100

= 5

And when we solve the function above for x, we get 0.509. The answer to "5 is what percent of 983?" is therefore:

0.509%

How can we know the answer is correct? We know the answer is correct because 0.509 percent of 983 is 5.

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