Write 4/15 as a percent

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Question: write 4/15 as a percent.

1 Multiply by 100%

Percent means out of 100.

But 15 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%.

4 times 100 is 400.

400 and 15 can both be divided by 5.

That keeps the numbers small: 80/3 percent.

2 Divide

80 divided by 3 is 26, with 2 left over.

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

So it is 26⅔%.

Careful!

26% is not exact.

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

3 Check

Let's check.

15 times our answer should be 4 times 100%, because 15 times 4/15 is 4.

15 times 26 is 390.

15 times 2/3 is 10.

390 plus 10 is 400%: 4 wholes.

So the answer is right!

Let's look back.

First: multiply by 100%.

Then: divide.

Last: check.