How do you change a fraction to a percent?
Fractions and percents may both seem hard to work with, but knowing the basic rules and following a few simple steps can make them pretty easy. They both represent parts of a total amount. A percentage is based on a proportion, or part, of 100. For example, 30% would mean 30 out of 100. If you got 30% off on a shirt, you would save 30 cents out of every $1.00. Similarly, a fraction is a part of a whole. The top number represents how many parts you have and the bottom number represents how many parts are in one whole. If a pizza was cut into 8 parts and you have three of them, you would have 3/8 of the pizza. The problem, is that we might find ourselves in a situation where we would have to change a fraction to a percentage. Following a few steps will make that a quick and painless thing to do. To convert a fraction to a percent, start by dividing the bottom number of the fraction into the top number. Move the decimal point in your answer two places to the right. If the bottom number of
