How do you write #56 1/4 %# as a fraction?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-27T12:58:14

#9/16#

Percent means that the value is given as a fraction out of #100#

so #56 1/4 % = (56 1/4)/100#

This can be written as #56.25/100#, but mixing decimals and fractions is not great maths.

#(56 1/4)/100 = (225/4)/100#

#= 225/(4xx100)#

#=cancel225^9/((4xxcancel100^4)#

#=9/16#