Question

Question #71126

Answer 1

35%.

Explanation:

There are two ways to find the answer.

If you have/are allowed to use a calculator, you can simply evaluate the fraction.
`7/20 = 0.35`
then multiply by 100(move the decimal 2 places right).
0.35 * 100 = 35%

If you are not allowed to use a calculator, then multiply the fraction to get an equivalent fraction that is out of 100.
(you want 100 as the denominator. the % symbol means out of 100)

20 is the denominator of this fraction. `20 * 5 = 100`

So the numerator and denominator must be multiplied by 5.

`7/20 * 5/5 = 35/100`

(This does not change the actual value of the fraction because you are multiplying the fraction by `5/5` which is 1.)

You get `35/100`, which is the same as 35%.