Question

38% convert into fraction

Answer 1

To convert a percentage into a fraction, we must first convert the percentage into a decimal. We can do that by either dividing the percentage by 100, or (my personal shortcut) just shifting the decimal point over two places to the left.

38% = 0.38

Now, all we need to do to convert it into a fraction is put the numbers to the right of the decimal point above a multiple of ten with as many zeros as there are numbers to the right of the decimal point. In this case:

0.38 =
`(38)/(100)`

Now, all we need to do is reduce to find our fraction.

38 and 100 are both divisible by 2, so we will start off by doing that.


`(38 / 2)/(100 / 2) = (19)/(50)`

And that is our answer.
38% in fraction form is
`(19)/(50)`.
Hope that helped! =)