Question

How do you write 88% as a fraction

Answer 1

`(88)/(100)` or
`(22)/(25)`

Explanation:

Any percentage automatically has 100 as a denominator. It's 88 out of 100. So, we can start off with that.

`(88)/(100)`

We can leave this just like that, but if your assignment asks for the simplified form, keep reading.

Now, to simplify a fraction, we have to find common factors. Finding the greatest common factor will be the smoothest route.

Factors of 88: 1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 22, 44, 88

Factors of 100: 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100

Now that we've listed our factors, we can see that 4 is the greatest common factor. So, let's divide both top and bottom by 4.

`(22)/(25)`

To check if we can simplify further, we'll look for another greatest common factor.

Factors of 22: 1, 2, 11, 22

Factors of 25: 1, 5, 25

The only factor shared is 1. Therefore,
`(22)/(25)` is the lowest we can simplify.