What is 5 percent of a million?

Answer 1

To find 5 percent of a million, you would first convert 5 percent to a decimal by dividing by 100, which gives you 0.05. Then, you multiply 0.05 by a million to get the answer. So, 5 percent of a million is 50,000.

Answer 2

1 million = 106;

1% = 1/100 = 10-2; 5% = 5/100 = 5 x 10-2;

106 x (5 x 10-2) = 5 x 104 = 50,000

The easy way is to knock off the last two zeroes and multiply the answer by 5!