Tool to convert percentages/ratio/fractions. Percentage calculation consists in writing a number via a fraction of 100, using the sign %.
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Percentage Calculation
Fraction to Percentage Converter
Percentage to Fraction Converter
Computing with Percentage and Number
Number Comparison with Percentages
Answers to Questions (FAQ)
What is a percentage? (Definition)
A percentage is the measure of the number of items in a set (or total) expressed as a fraction with a denominator of 100 (one hundred).
A percentage is a ratio per 100 items. By always using 100, the percentages are easily compared for statistics.
How to convert a fraction into a percentage?
A percentage is the numerator of a fraction with the denominator 100 (one hundred). To convert a fraction to a percentage multiply the numerator and the denominator by a factor in order to have the denominator equals to 100.
Example: $ 3/4 = (3*25)/(4*25) = 75/100 = 75\% $
List of common fractions:
| 1/2 | 50% |
|---|---|
| 1/3 | 33.3% |
| 2/3 | 66.7% |
| 1/4 | 25% |
| 3/4 | 75% |
| 1/5 | 20% |
| 2/5 | 40% |
| 3/5 | 60% |
| 4/5 | 80% |
Use the form at the top of the page for any other fraction.
How to convert a percentage to a fraction?
A percentage is already a fraction (over 100), write this proportion as a fraction in lowest term.
Example: $ 25\% = 25/100 = 1/4 $
How to convert a percentage into a decimal number?
How to calculate an equation with percentages?
The dCode tools as the equation solver allows to solve equations such as:
Example: If 25% of X = 100, Then X = ? (The corresponding equation is x*(25/100)=100 and the answer is 400)
What does pc means?
Sometimes the letters pc are used as an abbreviation of the word percent, often when the % key is not available (some keyboards or typewriters do not contain this sign)
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- Fraction to Percentage Converter
- Percentage to Fraction Converter
- Computing with Percentage and Number
- Number Comparison with Percentages
- What is a percentage? (Definition)
- How to convert a fraction into a percentage?
- How to convert a percentage to a fraction?
- How to convert a percentage into a decimal number?
- How to calculate an equation with percentages?
- What does pc means?
