Find the value of the following percentages
a) 25% of 1/8
b) 4.5% of 60cm
Answers
Step-by-step explanation:
Here's a little tip for you. Any number can be converted to fraction if you use 1 as the denominator:
25
1
So now that we've converted 25 into a fraction, to work out the answer, we put the fraction 1/8 side by side with our new fraction, 25/1 so that we can multiply those two fractions.
That's right, all you need to do is convert the whole number to a fraction and then multiply the numerators and denominators. Let's take a look:1 x 25
8 x 1
=
25
8
As you can see in this case, the numerator is higher than the denominator. What this means is that we can simplify the answer down to a mixed number, also known as a mixed fraction.
To do that, we need to convert the improper fraction to a mixed fraction. We won't explain that in detail here because we have another article that already covers it for 25/8. Click here to find out how to convert 25/8 to a mixed fraction.
The complete and simplified answer to the question what is 1/8 of 25 is:3 1/83 1/8