Changing a Fraction to Percent - Basic Arithmetic

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Question

If students out of a class of are wearing blue, what percentage of the class is NOT wearing blue?

Answer

If of the students are wearing blue then that means of them are not wearing blue. Because,

Now to find the percentage we divide the number of students not wearing blue, by the total number of students in the class and then multiply by .

Thus,

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Change to a percent.

Answer

To convert a fraction into a percent, we need to first change the fraction into a decimal.

Now, change the decimal into a percent by multiplying by 100 and adding a percent sign.

Add a percent sign

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Convert to a percentage.

Answer

The correct answer is 20%. This can be obtained by first converting the fraction to a decimal and then multiplying by 100 to get a percentage.

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What is as a percent?

Answer

To change a fraction into a percent, you need to first change the fraction into a decimal.

Dividing 12 by 13 gives the following:

Now, to change the decimal to a percent, start by multiplying the decimal by 100.

Then, just add a percent sign.

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What is of ?

Answer

Convert 1% to a fraction by dividing 100. One percent is equivalent to:

Multiply this with two, and the answer is:

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Convert to a percent.

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A percentage can be written as a fraction with any positive whole number in the numerator and 100 in the denominator. To write the fraction as a percent, begin by writing both as fractions:

Cross-multiply to find the missing whole number.

Divide the known value by the unknown to solve for x.

is percent of , so the answer is .

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