Question

How to make 5/6 into a percent

Answer 1

"Percent" or "%" means "out of 100" or "per 100", Therefore x% can be written as
x
100
.
Therefore we can write an equation as and solve for
x
:
x
100
=
5
6
100
×
x
100
=
100
×
5
6
100
×
x
100
=
500
6
x
=
83
.
¯
3
5
6
=
83
.
¯
3
%
or
83
1
3
%