Percentage

%
Expressing Fractions as Percentages
Let’s recap what we have learnt
You should be able to
express
• FRACTION
• DECIMAL
as a percentage
Express fraction as percentage
Fraction Percentage
20
100 ?
Express decimal as percentage
Decimal Percentage

0.25 ?
Express fraction as percentage
Fraction Percentage
20 20
100% = 20%
100 100

Express decimal as percentage

Decimal Percentage

0.25 0.20 100% = 20%

Percentage Fraction Decimal
20
20% 0.25
100
So far, we have been looking at fractions
that have denominator 100.
A student scores 20 out of 100 marks for
his Math test. What is the percentage he
scored?
Fraction
20
100
Percentage

20%
Now, we shall explore at fractions that
have denominator that are not 100.
The student scores 20 out of 50 marks
for Science test. What is the
percentage he scored?
Fraction
20
50
Percentage

20%
Fraction Percentage
40 40
 100% = 40%
100 100