Question

How do you convert 0.8% to a fraction?

Answer 1

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

"Percent" or "%" means "out of 100" or "per 100",

Therefore 0.8% can be written as `0.8/100`.

We can now multiply by a form of `1` to eliminate the decimal in the numerator:

`10/10 xx 0.8/100 => (10 xx 0.8)(10 xx 100) => 8/1000`

We can reduce the fraction as:

`(8 xx 1)/(8 xx 125) => (color(red)(8) xx 1)/(color(red)(8) xx 125) => 1/125`