Fraction Bar — 5/6 (five sixths) — free printable diagram

What is 5/6?

5/6 is five sixths — a bar split into 6 equal parts with 5 of them shaded. As a decimal 5/6 is ≈0.833, and as a percentage it is ≈83.3%.

Fraction

5/6

In words

five sixths

Simplest form

5/6 (already simplest)

As a decimal

≈0.833

As a percentage

≈83.3%

Shaded parts

5 of 6

Unshaded

1/6

• 5/6 means the bar is divided into 6 equal parts and five of them are shaded.
• 5 and 6 share no common factor bigger than 1, so 5/6 is already in its simplest form.
• To turn 5/6 into a decimal, divide the top by the bottom: 5 ÷ 6 is about 0.833. Multiply that by 100 for the percentage, about 83.3%.
• The unshaded part is 1/6, because 5/6 and 1/6 add up to one whole.