Converting Percents to Fractions and Fractions to Percents

Front

What is a percent?

Back

A percent is a way of expressing a number as a fraction of 100. It is denoted by the symbol '%'.

Front

How do you convert a fraction to a percent?

Back

To convert a fraction to a percent, divide the numerator by the denominator and then multiply the result by 100.

Front

Convert 7/8 to a percent.

Back

87.5%.

Front

What is the simplest form of 2% as a fraction?

Back

1/50.

Front

How do you convert a percent to a fraction?

Back

To convert a percent to a fraction, write the percent number over 100 and simplify if possible.

Front

Convert 38% to a fraction.

Back

19/50.

Front

What is the percent equivalent of 18/5?

Back

360%.

Front

Convert 13/10 to a percent.

Back

130%.

Front

What does it mean to simplify a fraction?

Back

To simplify a fraction means to reduce it to its lowest terms, where the numerator and denominator have no common factors other than 1.

Front

What is the fraction equivalent of 50%?

Back

1/2.