Question

a positive number is divided by 5 instead of being multiplied by 5. by what percent is the result of the required correct value ?

Answer 1

let the positive no be x .
=x÷5

The equation should be x × 5
= 5x

Answer 2

Let the no be 100.
We were to multiply it by 5.
So the result we would have got is 100*5=500
But we divided instead so our result is 100/5=20.
The Actual Result Would be 500 and the Result We Got is 20.
So the result is (20÷500) × 100%
= 4% of the Correct Value.