Convert Fraction to Percentage: Finding the Value of 50/204

Question

Approximately what is $\frac{50}{204}$ written as a percentage?

00:00 Convert approximately to percentages

00:03 Convert to the closest fraction that we can convert to percentages

00:14 Break down 200 into factors 50 and 4

00:22 Reduce what we can

00:28 Reduce what we can

00:32 Multiply the entire fraction by 100, and calculate the quotient

00:35 And this is the solution to the question

Find the closest fraction so we can divide the numerator by the denominator:

$\frac{50}{200}$

We break down the denominator into a multiplication exercise:

$\frac{5}{50\times4}$

We simplify:

$\frac{1}{4}$

We convert the fraction to a percentage:

$\frac{1}{4}\times100=\frac{100}{4}=$

$25\%$

25%