5of the 50 plates on the table were red what percent of the plates were red

5/50 of the plates on the table were red. I would personally first change the denominator of the fraction to 100 to make it easier.

To do that, multiply both sides of the fraction by 2.

5/50 * 2/2 = 10/100.

Now, you can directly take the numerator of that fraction and directly change that to the percent:

The numerator is 10, and you can change that to 10%.

You can convert this to 100.

50*2= 100

5*2= 10

10/100= 10%

10% of the plates were red.

I hope this helps!
~kaikers