Question

convert 12 1/2% into fraction
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Answer 1

Answer:

I will try to make this simple so that you can do it with other problems:

1. Change 12 1/2 % to 12.5 %.

2. Understand that percent simply means something dived by 100.

3. Therefore , change 12.5% to 12.5/100.

4. Multiply the top and bottom by 10 to get rid of the decimal. 125/1000.

5. You can see that the top and bottom can be reduced by dividing by 25, 5/40.

6. Now it is easy to see that you can further reduce by dividing the top and bottom by 5, 1/8.

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Answer 2

$\displaystyle \sf 12 \frac{1}{2} \% = \bf \: \frac{1}{8}$

Given :

$\displaystyle \sf 12 \frac{1}{2} \%$

To find :

To express as a fraction

Concept :

Percentage

In study mathematics the term percentage is used. It is denoted by the symbol %

The percentage is a number or ratio which is expressed as a fraction of 100.

In order to calculate percentage we divide the number by whole and multiply by 100

Solution :

Step 1 of 2 :

Write down the given percentage

Here the given percentage is

$\displaystyle \sf 12 \frac{1}{2} \%$

Step 2 of 2 :

Express as a fraction

$\displaystyle \sf 12 \frac{1}{2} \%$

$\displaystyle \sf = \frac{25}{2} \%$

$\displaystyle \sf = \frac{25}{2 \times 100}$

$\displaystyle \sf = \frac{ 5 \times 5}{2 \times 2 \times 2 \times 5 \times 5}$

$\displaystyle \sf = \frac{1 }{2 \times 2 \times 2 }$

$\displaystyle \sf = \frac{1}{8}$

$\boxed{ \: \: \displaystyle \sf \therefore \: 12 \frac{1}{2} \% = \bf \: \frac{1}{8} \: \: }$

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