Question

How do you write \[99\% \] as a fraction \[?\]

Answer 1

Hint: We need to know the expansion of percentage. Also, we need to know the definition of percentage. Fraction terms have numerator and denominator. The final answer would be a fraction term and that is a most simplified form of a fraction term. For simplifying the fraction term we can take the greatest common factor for both numerator and denominator if it is necessary.

Complete step-by-step answer:
The given question is shown below,
 \[99\% \to ?\]
We would convert the above term into a fraction term. Here fraction term is a term that has a numerator part and denominator part. Before solving the given question we need to know the definition of percentage. The percentage is defined as any number out of \[100\] . That means hundred be a denominator and the number given in the question will be a numerator term. In this type of question, the denominator is always greater than the value of the denominator.
So, percentage term can be converted into fraction term as follows,
 \[n\% = \dfrac{n}{{100}}\]
So, the given question can be solved by putting \[n\] it equal to \[99\] in the above equation. So we get,
 \[99\% = \dfrac{{99}}{{100}}\]
There is no common factor between the numerator and denominator terms. So, the above equation cannot be simplified.
So, the final answer is,
 \[99\% = \dfrac{{99}}{{100}}\]
So, the correct answer is “$\dfrac{{99}}{{100}}$”.

Note: Note that in these types of questions the denominator term will be greater than the numerator term and the denominator term would not be equal to zero. Also, note that we never have a negative sign with the percentage. Remember that zero divided by anything becomes zero and anything divided by zero becomes infinity.