How do you write 300% as a fraction in simplest form and as a decimal?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-16T14:11:25

#3/1# and #3.0#

"Percent" or "%" means "out of 100" or "per 100", Therefore 300% can be written as #300/100#.

To write this as a fraction in it's simplest form we perform the following operations:

#(3 xx 100)/(1 xx 100)#

#3/1 xx 100/100#

#3/1 xx 1#

#3/1#

The to write it as a decimal we divide the numerator by the denominator:

#3/1 = 3 = 3.0#