I learned that to make fraction into a percent just multiply with 100.However I tried to do 3/2 to percent it become 150 percent. In my understanding 2/3 is 1.5% please clarify
You're right that 3/2 = 150%
However, 2/3 = 2 divided by 3 = 0.6667 = 67%
The reason why you multiply the fraction by 100 is because the fraction less than one whole number. 2/3 means two thirds of a pie or a pizza. It's only partial of one pie.
1/1, 2/2, 5/5 is 100%. 3/2 is more than one whole number because 2/2 is equal to one, so it's going to more than 100%. 2/3 is less then one, so the percentage is going to less than 100%
When converting a fraction to a percent, you need to divide the numerator (the top number of the fraction) by the denominator (the bottom number of the fraction) and then multiply by 100.
Let's go through the steps to convert the fraction 3/2 to a percent:
1. Divide the numerator (3) by the denominator (2): 3 ÷ 2 = 1.5
The result of this division is 1.5.
2. Multiply the result by 100: 1.5 × 100 = 150
The result of this multiplication is 150.
So, the fraction 3/2, when converted to a percent, is equal to 150%.
It's important to note that the result you obtained (1.5%) is not correct. When dividing the numerator (2) by the denominator (3), you should get a decimal value less than 1. This means that the corresponding percent will be less than 100%. In this case, the correct percent representation is 66.67%, which is obtained by multiplying 2/3 by 100.