How would you write 1 out of 5 as a fraction? As a percent.
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Recognise the per cent symbol and understand that per cent relates to 'number of parts per hundred', and write percentages as a fraction with denominator 100, and as a decimal teaching resources for 2014 National Curriculum Resources. Created for teachers, by teachers! Professional Number - Fractions teaching resources.
A fraction that is written out of one hundred is called a percentage.The symbol used for per cent is %. Note: From the preceding discussion, we notice that: A percentage is the numerator of a fraction with a denominator of 100. Changing a Percentage to a Fraction. To convert a percentage to a fraction, write it as a fraction with a denominator of 100 and then simplify the fraction if possible.
Percent means per hundred, so 12.5 percent means 12.5 per hundred. Thus, you can make 12.5 the numerator and 100 the denominator, and make 12.5 percent a fraction like this: However, the numerator in the fraction above has a decimal point.
Step 1: Write down the percent divided by 100 like this: percent 100. Step 2: If the percent is not a whole number, then multiply both top and bottom by 10 for every number after the decimal point. Step 3: Simplify (or reduce) the fraction.