five sixths
Noun
Meaning
five-sixths (uncountable)
Five of six equal parts (5/6, ⅚, 0.8333…).
five-sixths of the population
Alternative names
five-sixths
Examples
Examples include the strings corresponding to one-third (010101…), five-sixths (11010101…) and five-eighths (1010000…).
In 1700, five-sixths of the world's coal was mined in Britain.