10% of 5 is 0.5. To calculate this: 1) Convert 10% to decimal (10/100 = 0.1), 2) Multiply by 5 to get 0.5.

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0.5

10% of 5 = 0.5

10\% \times 5 = 5 \times \frac{10}{100} = 0.5

10% means 10 parts out of 100. To convert a percentage to a decimal, we divide by 100: 10% = 0.1

We multiply our number (5) by the decimal form of the percentage (0.1):
5 × 0.1 = 0.5

This means that 10% or 0.1 of 5 is 0.5. In other words, if you take 10% of 5, you get 0.5.

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