Convert Fraction to Percentage: Solving 78.5/100

Question

Convert the fraction into a percentage:

$\frac{78.5}{100}=\text{?}$

00:00 Convert fractions to percentages

00:05 A fraction with a denominator equal to 100 equals the numerator in percentage form (X)

00:12 Apply this formula to our exercise

00:21 This is the solution

To solve the problem of converting the fraction $\frac{78.5}{100}$ into a percentage, observe the following:

The denominator of the given fraction is 100, which is standard for representing percentages.
Thus, the numerator of the fraction directly reflects the percentage value.

Therefore, the fraction $\frac{78.5}{100}$ can be directly read as $78.5\%$ .

This corresponds to choice 2 in the multiple-choice answers provided.

Thus, the correct solution is 78.5%.

78.5%