Write the percent as a fraction in the lowest terms. 0.05%
Would it be 1/20?
no,
.05%
= .05/100
= 5/10000
= 1/2000
1/20 would be 5%
Oh okay. I see. Thank you!
To write the percent as a fraction in the lowest terms, follow these steps:
Step 1: Divide the given percentage by 100 to convert it to decimal form. In this case, 0.05% divided by 100 equals 0.0005.
Step 2: To convert the decimal to a fraction, write the decimal as the numerator and choose a denominator that corresponds to the number of decimal places. In this case, the decimal has two decimal places (0.0005), so the denominator will be 10000.
Step 3: Simplify the fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor (GCD). The GCD of 0.0005 and 10000 is 5. Dividing both the numerator and denominator by 5 results in 0.0005/5 divided by 10000/5, which simplifies to 1/20000.
Therefore, the fraction in lowest terms for 0.05% is 1/20000, not 1/20.