WELCOME TO STD 6 END OF YEAR HOMEWORK
MATHEMATICS.
Section A
Conversion of fractions into percentages.
The symbol % is read as percent , it means out of a hundred .
Example: 23% is read as 23 percent , it means 23 out of 100.
To convert fraction as a percentage multiply the fraction by 100. Example 1. Write 1/5 as a percentage.
1/5 × 100 = 20 100/5 1
= 20%
Work to do
Express the following fractions as percentages.
- 4/5 = 125% B. 12.5% C. 8% D. 80%
