How to convert fractions to percent?
Fractions and percents are both ways of saying how much of a whole something is. There are a few different ways to think about this or translate between fractions and percents. One way is to convert the fraction into another fraction with 100 as the denominator (the bottom number). So, for example, if you start with 1/4 (a quarter). You can multiply both the top and the bottom of a fraction by the same number, and it’s value is the same. So, 1/4 is equal to 25/100. (Both the top and bottom numbers were multiplied by 25, so the bottom would equal 100.) When you have the fraction which is a number over 100, you take that number and it’s the percent. So, in the example, 1/4 = 25/100 = 25%. I used this example because it has another way to look at it… if you use US currency. A quarter is 25 cents. One quarter (1/4) is one forth of a dollar. That is, 4 quarters make a dollar. And a quarter is 25% of a dollar. Other examples, 1/2 = 50/100 = 50%. Or 3/10 = 30/100 = 30%. More complicated exa
