Question

Express the following percentages.as fractions and decimals.

$3.5\%$

Answer 1

To express a percent as a fraction, divide the number by $100$ and remove the $\%$ sign.

$3.5\times \frac{1}{100}=\frac{7}{200}$

So fraction form is $\frac{7}{200}$

Hence decimal form is $\frac{7}{200}=0.035$