Question

How do you convert 0.044 into a percent and fraction?

Answer 1

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

We can write 0.044 or 44 thousandths as: `44/1000`

We can reduce this fraction to:

`44/1000 = (4 xx 11)/(4 xx 250) = (color(red)(cancel(color(black)(4))) xx 11)/(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(4))) xx 250) = 11/250`

"Percent" or "%" means "out of 100" or "per 100",

Therefore x% can be written as `x/100`.

`44/1000 = (10 xx 4.4)/(10 xx 100) = 10/10 xx 4.4/100 = 1 xx 4.4/100 = 4.4/100 = 4.4%`