The question here is "5 is what percent of 985?" which is the same as "What percent of 985 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 985 equals 5.
The problem is therefore x% of 985 = 5 which can be written as a function:
| = 5 |
And when we solve the function above for x, we get 0.508. The answer to "5 is what percent of 985?" is therefore:
0.508%
How can we know the answer is correct? We know the answer is correct because 0.508 percent of 985 is 5.
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