How to make 5/6 into a percent

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Mathematics

Cierra Barrett

30 August, 21:54

How to make 5/6 into a percent

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Celeste Higgins · Answer 1

"Percent" or "%" means "out of 100" or "per 100", Therefore x% can be written as

x

100

.

Therefore we can write an equation as and solve for

x

:

x

100

=

5

6

100

*

x

100

=

100

*

5

6

100

*

x

100

=

500

6

x

=

83

.

¯

3

5

6

=

83

.

¯

3

%

or

83

1

3

%