Question

1
Write 15% as a fraction in simplest form:

Answer 1

3/20 is it's simplest form.

Explanation:

How can we solve this?

• we know we can simplify this if we can divide the numerator and denominator by the same number.

15% is equal to 15/100.

• 15 divided by 5 equals 3.

• 100 divided by 5 equals 20.

Therefore, 15/100 can be simplified to 3/20.

Answer 2

3/20

Explanation:

15 / 100

divide both the numerator and denominator by 5: 3 / 20