Question

5 minutes is what percent of an hour?

Answer 1

An entire hour has sixty minutes.
Therefore 5 / 60 = 1 / 12 = 8.33%

Answer 2

5 minutes is 8.33% of an hour. 

Explanation:
An hour is composed of 60 minutes. You can find the percentage by dividing 5 minutes by 60 minutes. You get a decimal of 0.083. Move the decimal point two places to the right to get the percentage, and you get 8.33%.