Write 2/3 as a percent

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Question: write 2/3 as a percent.

1 Multiply by 100%

Percent means out of 100.

But 3 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%.

2 times 100 is 200.

So it is 200/3 percent.

2 Divide

200 divided by 3 is 66, with 2 left over.

The 2 left over is still divided by 3: 2/3.

So it is 66⅔%.

Careful!

66% is not exact.

The 2 left over is part of the answer too: two thirds more.

3 Check

Let's check.

3 times our answer should be 2 times 100%, because 3 times 2/3 is 2.

3 times 66 is 198.

3 times 2/3 is 2.

198 plus 2 is 200%: 2 wholes.

So the answer is right!

Let's look back.

First: multiply by 100%.

Then: divide.

Last: check.