Yes. In some cases it can be much more than five percent.
5% less than 12 inches is 11.4 inches.
A number n is 5 more than 12
12. You can figure this out because 20% of 100= 1/5. You then take 1/5 of 10 and get 2. Finally, you add 2 to 10 and get 12.
12/5 = 2.4 = 240% 245% is greater than 240%, by 2.1% of it.
No. 7/12 is (6 and 2/3) percent less than 5/8.
25% more than 5 = 5*(25% + 100%) = 5*125% =5*125/100 = 6.25
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5 / 12 = 0.4166 So 41.66 percent
5 percent of 12 stone 5 pounds is 3.923574 kilograms.
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Just as 25 is greater than 5 (or 05) so 25% of a number is greater than 5% of that number.