How to find fractional percentages - GRE Quantitative Reasoning

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Lauren has finished of her homework.

Express her percent of homework finished as a fraction in simplest form.

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Answer

First write the percent as a decimal. To convert the decimal into a fraction, multiply the decimal by , then place that number over :

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Then place over : .

Therefore,

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Then, reduce the fraction to its lowest terms by dividing through by the greatest common factor of and , which is :

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So, Lauren has finished of her homework.

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