Question

Convert the given percentage to fractions and ratios $2.5\%$

Answer 1

Convert percentage to fractions:

The percentage given is $2.5\%$

Since we know that for converting percentages into fractions, we divide the given percentage by $100$

So here we will divide $2.5\%$ by $100$ to get a fraction

$\begin{array}{rcl}\frac{2.5}{100}& =& \frac{2.5\times 10}{100\times 10}\\ & =& \frac{25}{1000}\\ & =& \frac{1}{40}\end{array}$

So $2.5\%$ as a fraction is $\frac{1}{40}$

And in ratios, we will write $2.5\%$as $1:40$

Hence, $2.5\%$is equivalent to $\frac{1}{40}$.