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Jun 26, 2017

$\frac{18}{100}$ $18/100$ , or in simplified form, $\frac{9}{50}$ $9/50$

Explanation:

18% means that it is out of 100%.

For example:

18% of a book: the entire book is considered 100%, and you've only read 18% of it
18% on a test: the entire test was worth 100%, and you only scored 18%

As a decimal, 18% is $.18$ $.18$ . If you wanted to find 18% of $100, you would multiply 100 by .18, right?

Therefore, in a fraction, 18% is equivalent to:

$\frac{18}{100}$ $18/100$

You could simplify this fraction further:

$\frac{18}{100} \div \frac{2}{2} = \frac{9}{50}$ $18/100 -: 2/2 = 9/50$

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