Question

How do you write 50% as a fraction or whole number?

Answer 1

50% can be written as 50/100 or can be simplified and written as 25/50 or 5/25 or 1/5.

If you want to write it as a whole number, you can divide the fraction of 50% ex:- 1/5. So, the whole number you get is 1/5 = 0.2.

Answer 2

1/2

Explanation:

'%' literally means 'out of 100'. So if it is 50 out of 100, we can write it as 50/100. This can then be simplified down to 1/2.