Question

7\18% of a quantity is equal to what fraction of the quantity? 7\18 % of a quantity is equal to __ of the quantity. (Simplify your answer.)

Answer 1

We need to convert from percentage to fraction.

The process is:

1. Write down the number divided by 100 like this:

Number/100

2. If the percent is not a whole number, then multiply both top and bottom by 10 for every number after the decimal point. (For example, if there is one number after the decimal, then use 10, if there are two then use 100, etc.)

3. Reduce the fraction.

Thus,

`((7)/(18))/(100)=(7)/(18)*(1)/(100)=(7)/(1800)`

This is our answer.