Write 4/3 as a percent

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Question: write 4/3 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%.

4 times 100 is 400.

So it is 400/3 percent.

2 Divide

400 divided by 3 is 133, with 1 left over.

The 1 left over is still divided by 3: 1/3.

So it is 133⅓%.

Careful!

133% is not exact.

The 1 left over is part of the answer too: a third more.

3 Check

Let's check.

3 times our answer should be 4 times 100%, because 3 times 4/3 is 4.

3 times 133 is 399.

3 times 1/3 is 1.

399 plus 1 is 400%: 4 wholes.

So the answer is right!

Let's look back.

First: multiply by 100%.

Then: divide.

Last: check.