Converting 50% to Its Equivalent Decimal Form: Basic Mathematics

The percentage 50% is equal to:

Let's solve this problem by converting the given percentage into a fraction:

To convert 50% into a fraction, we follow these steps:

• Step 1: Recognize that a percentage is simply a way of expressing a number as parts out of 100. So, 50% is equivalent to $\frac{50}{100}$.
• Step 2: Simplify the fraction $\frac{50}{100}$. The greatest common divisor (GCD) of 50 and 100 is 50. Thus, we divide both the numerator and denominator by 50.
• Step 3: Simplifying, we have:

Thus, the percentage 50% is equal to the fraction $\frac{1}{2}$.