Fraction Bar — 5/9 (five ninths) — free printable diagram

What is 5/9?

5/9 is five ninths — a bar split into 9 equal parts with 5 of them shaded. As a decimal 5/9 is ≈0.556, and as a percentage it is ≈55.6%.

Fraction

5/9

In words

five ninths

Simplest form

5/9 (already simplest)

As a decimal

≈0.556

As a percentage

≈55.6%

Shaded parts

5 of 9

Unshaded

4/9

• 5/9 means the bar is divided into 9 equal parts and five of them are shaded.
• 5 and 9 share no common factor bigger than 1, so 5/9 is already in its simplest form.
• To turn 5/9 into a decimal, divide the top by the bottom: 5 ÷ 9 is about 0.556. Multiply that by 100 for the percentage, about 55.6%.
• The unshaded part is 4/9, because 5/9 and 4/9 add up to one whole.