Convert Fraction to Percentage: Finding 6/25 as a Percent

Question

Approximately what is $\frac{6}{25}$ as a percentage?

00:00 Convert approximately to percentages

00:03 We'll convert to the closest fraction that we can convert to percentages

00:16 Let's break down 25 into factors 5 and 5

00:21 We'll reduce what we can

00:26 This is the simple fraction, now let's convert to percentages

00:31 We'll multiply the entire fraction by 100, and calculate the quotient

00:37 And this is the solution to the question

We look for the closest fraction to be able to divide the numerator by the denominator:

$\frac{5}{25}$

We break down the denominator into a multiplication exercise:

$\frac{5}{5\times5}$

We simplify:

$\frac{1}{5}$

We convert the fraction into a percentage

$\frac{1}{5}\times100=\frac{100}{5}=$

$20\%$

20%