Algebra 1 : How to find percentage from a fraction

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Example Questions

Example Question #32 : Fractions And Percentage

Turn this fraction into a percent:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To change a fraction into a decimal, divide the numerator by the denominator. We do this by placing the numerator on the inside and doing long division. We can then change this decimal into a percent by moving the decimal place two places to the right, or multiplying the fraction by 100.

Example Question #33 : Fractions And Percentage

Turn this fraction into a percent:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To change a fraction into a decimal, divide the numerator by the denominator. We do this by placing the numerator on the inside and doing long division. We can then change this decimal into a percent by moving the decimal place two places to the right, or multiplying the fraction by 100.

Example Question #34 : Fractions And Percentage

Turn this fraction into a percent:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To change a fraction into a decimal, divide the numerator by the denominator. We do this by placing the numerator on the inside and doing long division. We can then change this decimal into a percent by moving the decimal place two places to the right, or multiplying the fraction by 100.

Example Question #35 : Fractions And Percentage

Turn this fraction into a percent:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To change a fraction into a decimal, divide the numerator by the denominator. We do this by placing the numerator on the inside and doing long division. We can then change this decimal into a percent by moving the decimal place two places to the right, or multiplying the fraction by 100.

Example Question #36 : Fractions And Percentage

Turn this fraction into a percent:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To change a fraction into a decimal, divide the numerator by the denominator. We do this by placing the numerator on the inside and doing long division. We can then change this decimal into a percent by moving the decimal place two places to the right, or multiplying the fraction by 100.

Example Question #37 : Fractions And Percentage

Turn this fraction into a percent:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To change a fraction into a decimal, divide the numerator by the denominator. We do this by placing the numerator on the inside and doing long division. We can then change this decimal into a percent by moving the decimal place two places to the right, or multiplying the fraction by 100.

Example Question #38 : Fractions And Percentage

Turn this fraction into a percent:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To change a fraction into a decimal, divide the numerator by the denominator. We do this by placing the numerator on the inside and doing long division. We can then change this decimal into a percent by moving the decimal place two places to the right, or multiplying the fraction by 100.

Example Question #39 : Fractions And Percentage

Turn this fraction into a decimal:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To change a fraction into a decimal, divide the numerator by the denominator. We do this by placing the numerator on the inside and doing long division. We can then change this decimal into a percent by moving the decimal place two places to the right, or multiplying the fraction by 100.

Example Question #40 : Fractions And Percentage

Steven is the best penalty kick taker on his soccer team. Of every  shots he takes, he makes  of them. What is this relationship written as a percentage?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To figure out this you would divide to number made over the total number of shots. 

So,      which reduces to   

To find the percent you need to get the top number to be out of , to do this you would multiply the top and bottom by .

So

  

which is equivalent to .

Example Question #41 : Fractions And Percentage

Which of the following is larger?

 ,  %  or, 

 

Possible Answers:

%

Correct answer:

%

Explanation:

To convert each fraction you must get them to be equivalent to something out of  since percents are based on this.

,  because you multiply the top and the bottom by

This makes,    equivalent to %.

 

Then do the same to the other fraction to get:

, which is %

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