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5 is What Percent of 42?

5 is 11.9048% of 42

Percentage
11.9048%
Decimal
0.119048
Fraction
5/42
Ratio
5:42

Sumwise · Checked by Theo Abbott · Data: exact arithmetic; unit definitions from NIST SP 811 · Updated · How we check it

How to work it out

  1. Divide the part by the whole: 5 ÷ 42 = 0.119048
  2. Multiply by 100: 0.119048 × 100 = 11.9048%
  3. Check: Work backwards: 11.9048% of 42 is 0.119048 × 42 = 5.

Another method. As a proportion of part to whole: 5/42 = p/100, so p = 5 × 100 ÷ 42 = 11.9048%. Both methods always give the same answer.

In a spreadsheet: =5/42*100. Dividing the wrong way round (whole ÷ part) gives a different answer. The number after “of” is always the whole, so it goes on the bottom.

What the result means

5 is between a tenth and a quarter of 42. The part that is left, 37, is the other 88.0952%.

Test scores: 5 correct answers out of 42 is a score of 11.9048%, which on a common US grading scale is an F.

Turning it around

If you know that 5 is 11.9048% of a number, you can get that number back: 5 ÷ 0.119048 = 42. And 42 as a percentage of 5 is 840%, a different answer, because the whole has changed.

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Questions

5 is What Percent of 42?

5 is 11.9048% of 42. See the formula, the steps and practice examples.

What is 5 out of 42 as a fraction?

5/42, which is already in simplest form. As a decimal it is 0.119048.

Is 5 more than half of 42?

No. Half of 42 is 21, and 5 is less than that.