How to you convert a percentage into a fraction?

2 answers

Per cent means of 100.

40% means 40 parts of 100 or 40/100
Simplified 40/100 = 2/5
percent means "per 100" (from Latin)

so, 60% means 60 per 100 = 60/100

So, doing the math, to convert % to a fraction, divide by 100.