Finding percent of a number

What is 5% of 50 ?
A.)  0.5
B.)  2.5
C.)  5
D.)  10
E.)  25

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Change 5% to a decimal, by moving the decimal point to the left two places, and multiply:

    50
x .05   {changed 5% to a decimal and multiplied}
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   2.5   {multiplied}

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