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2006-06-05 12:27:57 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
55%
= 55 / 100
reduce by dividing numerator and denominator by greatest common denominator which is 5 because 55 factors by integers 5 and 11, but only 5 will also go evenly into 100
55 / 5 = 11
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100 / 5 = 20
= 11 / 20
2006-06-05 12:29:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any percentage question is the number over 100. 55% is 55/100. Reduce it from there. Divide the top number by 5 giving you 11. Divide the bottom number by 5, giving you 20. When you reduce, you must divide the top number and the bottom number by the same number (in this case 5). If you can't find a numbe to divide by that will fit into both the top and bottom numbers, then the fraction is reduced as far as it will go and you are done.
2006-06-05 12:33:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
55/100 is a fraction. Since both numbers are divisible by 5, the fraction can be reduced to 11/20.
2006-06-05 12:34:14 · answer #3 · answered by AlbertaGuy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IM me or 55% is 55 out of 100 so it only makes sense that 55% is equal to 55/100 then simplify by dividing by 5= 11/20
X% is allwase X/100 X= percent number
2006-06-05 12:29:45 · answer #4 · answered by graphiac 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
55% is the same as 55/100 because 55% is the same thing as 55 out of 100 which is the same thing as a fraction.then if u want to reduce u divide the numerator & denomator by the same number.say 5. 11/20.u cant go any further so that as small as it will go.
2006-06-05 12:34:32 · answer #5 · answered by ♥ ♫ lauren ♫ ♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
55% means 55 out of a 100.
So it is 55/100.
2006-06-05 12:30:07 · answer #6 · answered by M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order to convert any percentage into a fraction, you just need to remember that percentage is a fancy term for "for every hundred" (per centum is the Latin term), so just put the number of percent as the numerator and 100 as the denominator.
Reduce the fraction as needed.
2006-06-05 14:19:53 · answer #7 · answered by Kevin F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Per Cent means parts out of 100...like 100 cents in a dollar. So 55% means 55 parts out of 100...or
55/100 (you can simplify if you like)
2006-06-05 12:30:17 · answer #8 · answered by powhound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Move the decimal from the back of 55 up two places.
55.0=55/100=0.55
2006-06-05 12:30:33 · answer #9 · answered by HolyDonkey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
55% is the same as 55 / 100
both the top and the bottom can be divided by 5 to give
11 / 20 (eleven twentieths)
5 is known as the 'greatest common factor' (common to the top and bottom numbers). see wikipedia link.
2006-06-05 12:31:26 · answer #10 · answered by ricochet 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋