Express 85 Percent As A Fraction

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Express 85 percent as a fraction

What is 85% as a fraction? 85 percent written as a fraction is 17/20. Here we will show you step-by-step with detailed explanation how to convert 85 percent as a fraction in simplest form.

Enter Your Percentage: 85% 17/20

How to convert 85 percent to fraction

Before you continue, note that in the problem 45 percent as a fraction, "Percent" means "per 100" or "over 100". Therefore, 85 percent is same as 85 over 100 or 85/100.

To convert 85 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 85 percent to fraction

= 85%

= 85/100

You can simplify this fraction : Find greatest common factor of 85 and 100 GCF(85,100) = 5

85 ÷ 5/100 ÷ 5 = 17/20

Therefore, the fraction form of 85 percent is: 17/20

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