Question

How do you write 11% as a fraction?

Answer 1

Hint: We know that percent is 100 means that the given number is calculated against 100 to be in percentage. In the given question we were asked to convert 11% into a fraction. A fraction can also be converted to decimal and vice-versa. Let’s see how we can solve this problem.

Complete step by step solution:
In the above question, we were asked to write 11% as a fraction. We know that percent means out of hundred.
Thus, $11%=\dfrac{11}{100}$, it is in the simplest form.
A fraction is said to be in simplest form when no other factor except 1, divides both numerator and denominator.

Therefore, 11% can be written in fraction as $\dfrac{11}{100}$.

Additional Information:
In the above solution, we get a proper fraction. But there are various kinds of the fraction. Such as fraction, unlike fraction, improper fraction, mixed fraction, and equivalent fraction.

Note:
In the above question, we converted 11% into a proper fraction. We can further convert this fraction into a decimal $\dfrac{11}{100}=0.11$. And all of these values 11%, 0.11, and $\dfrac{11}{100}$ are the same. In a whole number, a fractional part can be denoted by the numbers after the decimal point.