Step by step
The question
Question: write 1/6 as a percent.
16
1 Multiply by 100%
Percent means out of 100.
But 6 does not go into 100 or 1000.
100% is all of it: 1 whole.
Times 1 does not change the size.
100% = 1 whole
So we multiply by 100%.
= 16 × 100%
1 times 100 is 100.
= 1 × 1006% = 1006%
100 and 6 can both be divided by 2.
That keeps the numbers small: 50/3 percent.
= 100 ÷ 26 ÷ 2% = 503%
2 Divide
50 divided by 3 is 16, with 2 left over.
50 ÷ 3 = 16 r 2
The 2 left over is still divided by 3: 2/3.
So it is 16⅔%.
= 1623%
Careful!
16% is not exact.
The 2 left over is part of the answer too: two thirds more.
Careful: not 16% ✗
3 Check
Let's check.
6 times our answer should be 1 times 100%, because 6 times 1/6 is 1.
6 times 16 is 96.
6 times 2/3 is 4.
6 × 16% = 96%, 6 × 23% = 4%
96 plus 4 is 100%: one whole.
So the answer is right!
96% + 4% = 100% = 1 × 100%
Let's look back.
First: multiply by 100%.
Then: divide.
Last: check.
Answer
Careful: not 16% ✗