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What is 0.005 as a percentage?

Updated: 4/28/2022
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Here is how you convert it. Start with .005 which is 5/1000. Percent is the same as a fraction with a 100 in the denominator. So 1 percent OS 1/100So we need to multiply the numerator and denominator by something to make 1000 into 100. We know that 1000/10 is 100 so multiply by 1/10. We can do this as long as we do it to the top and bottom, ie numerator and denominator.So 5x1/10 is 5/10 or 1/2. So the answer is 1/2 or .5 percent.

Some people might just tell you move the decimal in .005 over to the right two places. Of course that is the same as multiplying by 100. and the answer is .5 percent. That does not lead to any understanding of why and what you are doing. So I hope the first paragraph will help with that.
It is: 0.5% or 1/2%

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