What is 5% as a fraction?

5% as a fraction is 1/20. Percent means per hundred, so start with 5/100, then divide top and bottom by 5.

What is 5% as a decimal?

5% is 0.05 as a decimal. Dividing a percentage by 100 moves the point two places to the left.

5% as a fraction

Fraction1/20lowest terms

Decimal0.05

Percent5%

How to get there

Percent means per hundred, so 5% is 5/100.
Divide top and bottom by their greatest common divisor, 5: 1/20.

5 of 100 squares. A percentage IS a count of hundredths, which is why the grid is the whole story.

Common questions

What is 5% as a fraction?: 5% as a fraction is 1/20. Percent means per hundred, so start with 5/100, then divide top and bottom by 5.
What is 5% as a decimal?: 5% is 0.05 as a decimal. Dividing a percentage by 100 moves the point two places to the left.

The same number, other ways

1/20Everything about the fraction: equivalents, the bar model, the number line.0.05The same value as a decimal, with its own derivation.Percent → fraction chartThe whole lookup table, printable.Percent converterAny percentage, including forms like 12 1/2%.

Where this comes from. Exact rational arithmetic on the values shown — fractions are pairs of integers until display, and inch–metric conversion uses 25.4 mm to the inch, exact by definition since 1959. See the full methodology.