Convert the Fraction 40/50 into a Percentage

Question

Convert the fraction into a percentage:

$\frac{40}{50}=\text{?}$

00:00 Convert fractions to percentages

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

00:13 Determine which number to multiply the denominator by in order to obtain a denominator of 100

00:26 We multiply both the numerator and denominator by 2 in order to obtain a denominator equal to 100

00:37 Apply this formula to our exercise

00:42 This is the solution

To solve this problem, we'll follow these steps:

Now, let's work through each step:

Step 1: Convert $\frac{40}{50}$ to a decimal. We divide 40 by 50, resulting in $0.8$ .

Step 2: To convert the decimal $0.8$ to a percentage, we multiply by 100:

$0.8 \times 100 = 80\%$

Therefore, the solution to the problem is $80\%$ .

80%