Convert 38% to:
a fraction and a decimal:
A percentage is a number expressed in terms of it's relation to 100.
It is a number divided by 100.
We need to get to our original number.
This is the same as moving the decimal point to the right 2 places.
The first move to the right gives us 380.
The second decimal place move gives us 38
Percentage = | 38 |
100 |
Using our Greatest Common Factor (GCF) (38, 100) = 2
Reducing the numerator and denominator of 38/100 by our GCF of 2,
we get the following reduced fraction:
Fraction = 19/50