Question

4% percent of a number is what fraction of that number?

Answer 1

Given:

(i) 4% of a number is a certain fraction of that number.

To find:

(i) That certain percentage.

Solution:

Let the number be 100.

First of all, let us find 4% of the number 100.

4% of 100

= (4*100)/100

= 4

So, 4% of 100 is 4.

Now, let us calculate what fraction is 4 of the initial number 100.

The fraction is

= 4/100

= 1/25.

So, the fraction is 1/25.

Answer 2

Given:- 4% percent of a number

To find:-what is the fraction of that number

Solution:- According to the question,

let the number is Y

so, the 4% of the number is 4/100 × Y

so, 4% of the number is 4/100 th of a number.

so we can say 4/100 is the fraction of that number