Answer:
- fraction: 98/100 = 49/50
- decimal: 0.98
- percent: 98%
Explanation:
The fraction will represent the number of shaded squares over the total number of squares. You have correctly identified it as 98/100. That fraction can be reduced, if you like, to 49/50.
The pronunciation of your fraction is "ninety-eight hundredths." The decimal number with that same pronunciation is 0.98.
The symbol % and the symbol /100 have identical meaning. This makes them essentially interchangeable.
98/100 = 98%
Your numbers are ...
98/100 (or 49/50), 0.98, and 98%.
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Additional comment
We have shown you that % is a shorthand way to write /100. There is another similar symbol: ‰ is shorthand for /1000.
1/100 is one percent. 1/1000 is one mil.