What is 5 as a percent?

5 as a percent is denoted as 5%. Percent is a way to represent fractions or ratios out of 100. In this case, 5% means that a quantity is equal to 5 parts out of 100 parts. It can also be interpreted as 5 divided by 100, which simplifies to 0.05. Therefore, 5% is equivalent to 0.05 as a decimal or 1/20 as a fraction.