5 is what percent of 989?


The question here is "5 is what percent of 989?" which is the same as "What percent of 989 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 989 equals 5.

The problem is therefore x% of 989 = 5 which can be written as a function:

   
x ∗ 989
 
   
100
  =  5  

And when we solve the function above for x, we get 0.506. The answer to "5 is what percent of 989?" is therefore:

0.506%

How can we know the answer is correct? We know the answer is correct because 0.506 percent of 989 is 5.


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