Equivalent Fractions with Percents

Select all fractions equivalent to 40%.

• 4/100

• 2/5

• 2/50

• 40/100

• 4/10

Which percent is equivalent or equal to the fraction in the picture?

• 89%

• 100%

• 189%

• 11%

Answer explanation

A percent, or percentage, is a special fraction that always has 100 as the denominator. Because the bottom of a percent is always 100, we don’t even write it. We remove the 100 and put a % instead. 89/100 = 89%.

Write 45% as a simplified fraction.

In a neighborhood 12/40 of the kids are in middle school. What percent is equivalent to the number of neighborhood kids in middle school?

• 35%

• 24%

• 30%

There is one pizza and two people are going to split it in half. How would you convert one half into a fraction, decimal and percent?

• 1/2  ,  0.5  ,  50%

• 1/4  ,  0.25  ,  25%

• 3/4  , 0.75  ,  75%

• \1/20  ,  0.05 ,  5%

Write in fraction form.

• 20/100

• 2/100

• 2/10

• 22/100

Tags

CCSS.3.G.A.2

What percentage of the model is shaded?

• 1%

• 10%

• 99%

• 100%

Answer explanation

10 squares are shaded in the model. There are 100 total squares in the model. The fraction of the model shaded is 10/100. A percent, or percentage, is a special fraction that always has 100 as the denominator. Because the bottom of a percent is always 100, we don’t even write it. We remove the 100 and put a % instead. 10/100 = 10%.

fractions that have the same value

• equivalent fractions

• equal

• box and tail

• fraction

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.3A

CCSS.3.NF.A.3B

CCSS.4.NF.A.1

What fraction is equivalent to .7?

• 7/1

• 7/100

• 7/10

• 7

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.C.6

Which fraction is equivalent to 50%?

• 1/2

• 2/3

• 3/4

• 5/100