It would be 5% because an easy way to explain this method is to pretend the decimal wasn't there and right it as it is with the percentage sign after it. Example: 0.27, take the decimal off to make 27. Then add the percent sign to make 27%
5%
0.00005
.005
.5% = .005
It is 005 percent!
.005= .5%
005% = 5% which, as a decimal is 0.05
0.005 in percent = 0.5%
One half of a percent as a decimal is expressed as .005 Percent is out of 100 or 1 in most cases. 99 cents equal 1 dollar, so one HALF of ONE percent is .005 because one out of 100 = .01 so half of that would be .005 because .005 + .005 = .01
.005
96
Freshwater has a salinity of .005 percent or less.
point five percent = .005