5 is what percent of 990? (What percent of 990 is 5?)

5 is what percent of 990?

The question here is "5 is what percent of 990?" which is the same as "What percent of 990 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 990 equals 5.

The problem is therefore x% of 990 = 5 which can be written as a function:

		x ∗ 990
		100

= 5

And when we solve the function above for x, we get 0.505. The answer to "5 is what percent of 990?" is therefore:

0.505%

How can we know the answer is correct? We know the answer is correct because 0.505 percent of 990 is 5.

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