Percentages with Fractions Tables and Tapes

The word percentage means

• an amount expressed as a fraction of 100

• a part of something

• the largest part of something

• an amount expressed as a fraction of 50

The symbol for percentage is

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Percentages can be written

• a square number

• as a decimal

• in index form

• as a fraction

80% means

• 8 out of 100

• 80 out of 50

• 80 out of 100

• 80 out of 200

Express 75% as a fraction in its lowest term

• 7.5/10

• 7.5/100

• 75/100

• 3/4

Express 15% as a fraction in its lowest term

• 15/20

• 3/20

• 15/100

• 1/5

Express 48% as a fraction in its lowest term

• 12/25

• 24/25

• 48/100

• 12/50

Express 66% as a fraction in its lowest term

• 33/100

• 66/100

• 3/25

• 33/50

Express 12% as a fraction in its lowest term

• 12/100

• 6/50

• 1/4

• 3/25

Express 125% as a fraction in its lowest term

• 1¼

• 1¾

• 1½

• 1⅛