Answer

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Explanation

The elements in the periodic table can be divided into 4 main groups, namely metals, nonmetals, metalloids, and noble gases. The periodic table has 118 confirmed elements, roughly 83% of these are classified as metals. This is due to their shared physical and chemical properties such, as the ability to conduct electricity and mostly solid constitution. Metalloids and nonmetals comprise a smaller portion of the periodic table and noble gases are limited to only 6 elements. So even without precise statistics, looking at a periodic table one can visually perceive that most elements are indeed, metals.