Answer:
3/10
Explanation:
30% as a fraction is 3/10.
How to make a percent a fraction:
This is something I’ve taught students how to do. And it’s relatively simple:
Drop the percent sign
If it’s a whole number, this becomes your numerator
The denominator will be 100
Reduce if necessary
For example, let’s use 25%. First, you’d drop the percent sign, which leaves you with 25. That becomes your numerator. Put this over 100 and you have 25/100. So 25% = 25/100. But this can also be reduced down to 5/20, which can be further reduced to 1/4. So both of these fractions are also equal to 25%.
Another strategy is to convert to a decimal and write it the way you’d say it using numbers. So you’d:
Drop the percent sign
Divide by 100, which moves your decimal point 2 places to the left
Then write the numbers you see as your numerator
Your denominator would be a 1 with a zero for every number you see
For instance, suppose you had 30.5%. Dropping the percent sign gives you 30.5. Dividing this by `100 gives you 0.305. So your numerator would be 305. And the denominator would be a 1 followed by three zeros. So you’d have the fraction 305/1000. And if you wanted or needed, you could reduce this. For instance, it can be reduced to 61/200. So 61/200 is also equal to 30.5%.