Express 20 Percent As A Fraction

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Express 20 percent as a fraction

What is 20% as a fraction? 20 percent written as a fraction is 1/5. Here we will show you step-by-step with detailed explanation how to convert 20 percent as a fraction in simplest form.

Enter Your Percentage: 20% 1/5

How to convert 20 percent to fraction

Before you continue, note that in the problem 45 percent as a fraction, "Percent" means "per 100" or "over 100". Therefore, 20 percent is same as 20 over 100 or 20/100.

To convert 20 percent to fraction, you follow these steps:

Write down the percentage divided by 100 without % symbol.

If the percentage is not a whole number, then multiply both numerator and denominator by 10^n (where n is the number of digits after the decimal point)

Simplify the fraction

Using the above steps, here is the math showing you how to convert 20 percent to fraction

= 20%

= 20/100

You can simplify this fraction : Find greatest common factor of 20 and 100 GCF(20,100) = 20

20 ÷ 20/100 ÷ 20 = 1/5

Therefore, the fraction form of 20 percent is: 1/5

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