Write 7/12 as a percent

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Question: write 7/12 as a percent.

1 Multiply by 100%

Percent means out of 100.

But 12 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%.

7 times 100 is 700.

700 and 12 can both be divided by 4.

That keeps the numbers small: 175/3 percent.

2 Divide

175 divided by 3 is 58, with 1 left over.

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

So it is 58⅓%.

Careful!

58% is not exact.

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

3 Check

Let's check.

12 times our answer should be 7 times 100%, because 12 times 7/12 is 7.

12 times 58 is 696.

12 times 1/3 is 4.

696 plus 4 is 700%: 7 wholes.

So the answer is right!

Let's look back.

First: multiply by 100%.

Then: divide.

Last: check.