Convert Fraction to Percentage: Solving 15/20 Step-by-Step

Question

Convert the following fraction into a percentage:

$\frac{15}{20}=\text{?}$

00:00 Convert fraction to percentage

00:05 We'll use the formula to convert fraction to percentage

00:19 We want the denominator to equal 100

00:30 Therefore we'll multiply both numerator and denominator by the appropriate number

00:37 This is the final fraction and the corresponding percentage

00:43 And this is the solution to the question

A percentage is actually a form of fraction, or more precisely, a fraction out of a hundred.

In other words, it is a fraction where the denominator is always 100.

Therefore, in order to convert a fraction into a percentage, we multiply it so that the denominator becomes 100.

20*5=100

15*5=75

Therefore the fraction is 75/100 and the percentage is 75%.

75%