Write 1/9 as a percent

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The question

Question: write 1/9 as a percent.

1 Multiply by 100%

Percent means out of 100.

But 9 does not go into 100 or 1000.

100% is all of it: 1 whole.

Times 1 does not change the size.

So we multiply by 100%.

1 times 100 is 100.

So it is 100/9 percent.

2 Divide

100 divided by 9 is 11, with 1 left over.

The 1 left over is still divided by 9: 1/9.

So it is 11 and 1/9%.

Careful!

11% is not exact.

The 1 left over is part of the answer too: 1/9 more.

3 Check

Let's check.

9 times our answer should be 1 times 100%, because 9 times 1/9 is 1.

9 times 11 is 99.

9 times 1/9 is 1.

99 plus 1 is 100%: one whole.

So the answer is right!

Let's look back.

First: multiply by 100%.

Then: divide.

Last: check.