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Complete the sentence to explain how to use mental math to express 12/25 as a percent

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Answer: It's 48%. See below.

Explanation:

By definition, percent means out of a hundred. For instance, 10 percent is 10 out of 100.

One way to make
(12)/(25) a percent is by making the denominator 100. In order to do so, multiply the numerator and the denominator by 4, since 25 times 4 is 100.


(12)/(25) =
(48)/(100) = 48 %

This is very simple, and mental math is definitely possible. Hope this help.

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