Question

How do you convert `3/20` to a percentage?

Answer 1

First, convert it to a decimal by dividing it. Then, multiply the decimal by `100%`.

Explanation:

The first step is to change it into a decimal.

`3/20 = 0.15`

You can think of decimals in a similar way to percentage.

`1 = 100/100 = 100%, 0 = 0%, 0.5 =50/100= 50%`

You will notice that `50 = 0.5 xx 100`, so that is what we will do to our decimal.

`0.15 xx 100% =15%`

Hope this helps; let me know if I can do anything else for you:)

Answer 2

`15%`

Explanation:

Remember this:

To convert a fraction or a number or a decimal, simply multiply it by `100%` to get the answer in percentage

So,

`3/20*color(blue)(100)%`

`3/cancel20^1*cancelcolor(blue)(100)^5%`

`15%`

Hope this helps... :)

Answer 3

`3/20 color(red)(xx5/5) = 15/100 = 15%`

Explanation:

A percent is a value out of `100`, so one way to convert a fraction to a percent is to find an equivalent fraction with its denominator as `100`

`20` can be multiplied by `5` to make `100`.

`3/20 color(red)(xx5/5) = 15/100 = 15%`

Note that `color(red)(xx5/5)` is the same as `color(red)(xx1)` , which means that the value of the fraction does not change, only what it looks like changes.