5 is 5% of what number?

Answer 1

You can set a percent problem up as a ratio:

part = percent

whole 100

Here the part is 5 and the percent is 5. You need to determine the "whole" :

5 = 5

x 100

Since 5 divided by 1 is 5 , then the missing number is 100. (100 divided by 1 is 100)

Therefore 5 is 5% of 100.