Question

At a certain wedding, 14/25 of the guests were over 25 years old.

Rewrite the fraction in the sentence below as a percentage.

Answer 1

56% of the guests were over 25 years old.

Explanation:

To convert a fraction to a percentage, multiply the fraction by 100. So, 14/25 can be multiplied by 4 to get 56/100, which is the same as 56%.