Question

Express the following percentages.as fractions and decimals.

$50\%$

Answer 1

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

$50\times \frac{1}{100}=\frac{1}{2}$

So fraction form is $\frac{1}{2}$

Hence decimal form is $\frac{1}{2}=0.5$