for Teachers for Schools for Enterprise
for Teachers for Schools for Enterprise
Course Navigator
Changing Between Decimals and PercentsNext Lesson 

Converting Percent Notation to Fraction Notation

Chapter 2 /  Lesson 3   Transcript
Start Your Free Trial Today

An error occurred trying to load this video.

Try refreshing the page, or contact customer support.

Coming up next: Changing Between Decimals and Percents

You're on a roll. Keep up the good work!

Take Quiz Watch Next Lesson
 Replay
Your next lesson will play in 10 seconds
  • 0:07 Check Please!
  • 0:39 Definition of Percent
  • 1:03 Convert a Percent to a…
  • 3:02 Lesson Summary
Add to Add to Add to

Want to watch this again later?

Log in or sign up to add this lesson to a Custom Course.

Login or Sign up

Timeline
Autoplay
Autoplay

Recommended Lessons and Courses for You

Lesson Transcript
Instructor: Jennifer Beddoe
The process of converting percents to fractions is quite easy if you know where to start. This lesson will show you how to perform the conversion and give some real-world examples.

Check Please!

Picture it: you and a group of friends decide to go to the new restaurant in town for lunch. You all decide before you get there that, to make the math easier, you will just split the bill 5 ways instead of having to worry about separate checks or trying to calculate what everyone owes. When the bill comes, Ted, the math nerd of the group, says, 'The total bill is $70. Remember, we are each paying 20%.' You reach for your wallet thinking, 'It sure would be easier to calculate what I owe if I knew what fraction 20% was.'

Definition of Percent

The word percent means 'per 100,' so any number written as a percent really is a fraction meaning that number over 100. So 50% really is 50 per 100, or 50/100. 127% is 127 per 100, or 127/100.

Convert a Percent to a Fraction

Since percent is just a different way to write a fraction, converting from percent notation to fraction notation is really quite easy. Just take the percent, write it as the numerator of a fraction with 100 as the denominator, simplify the fraction and remove the percent symbol.

Let's try an example. Convert 42% to a fraction.

First we write the number 42 as the numerator of a fraction. Numerator means the top number of a fraction. We place the number 100 in the denominator of the same fraction. The denominator is the bottom number of the fraction.

Now we have a fraction 42/100, which can be reduced to 21/50. This means that 42% written as a fraction is 21/50.

To unlock this lesson you must be a Study.com Member.
Create your account

Register for a free trial

Are you a student or a teacher?

Unlock Your Education

See for yourself why 30 million people use Study.com

Become a Study.com member and start learning now.
Become a Member  Back
What teachers are saying about Study.com
Free 5-day trial
Description

Earning College Credit

Did you know… We have over 160 college courses that prepare you to earn credit by exam that is accepted by over 1,500 colleges and universities. You can test out of the first two years of college and save thousands off your degree. Anyone can earn credit-by-exam regardless of age or education level.

To learn more, visit our Earning Credit Page

Transferring credit to the school of your choice

Not sure what college you want to attend yet? Study.com has thousands of articles about every imaginable degree, area of study and career path that can help you find the school that's right for you.

Research Schools, Degrees & Careers

Get the unbiased info you need to find the right school.

Browse Articles By Category

Browse an area of study or degree level.

Recommended Articles
You are viewing lesson Lesson 3 in chapter 2 of the course:

 Back To Course

Algebra I: High School

20 chapters | 168 lessons | 1 flashcard set

Ch 2. High School Algebra: Percent Notation
Ch 3. High School Algebra: Calculations,...

Converting Percent Notation to Fraction Notation Related Study Materials

Create an account to start this course today
Try it free for 5 days!
Create An Account

Explore our library of over 70,000 lessons

Browse by subject
Support