Question

How do you turn percents into fractions?

Answer 1

To convert a fraction to percent, divide the numerator (which also means top number) by the denominator (which also means bottom number). Example: To convert the fraction 3/4 to percent, divide 3 (top number) by 4 (bottom number) and the answer is.75.

Answer 2

Step 1: You want to remove the percent sign and then put the number over 100.

Step 2: If the percent is not a whole number then you want to multiply the top and bottom number by 10 but only for every number that comes after the decimal point.

Step 3: Always simplify if possible.

Examples:

43% = $\frac{43}{100}$

78% = $\frac{78}{100}$ = $\frac{39}{50}$

0.4% = $\frac{0.4}{100}$ = $\frac{4}{1000}$ = $\frac{1}{250}$