Math Tutor Explains: What is 1600/1296 as a percent?

First, a math tutor will go over what a fraction represents. The number above the line is called the numerator, while the number below the line is called the denominator. The fraction shows how many portions of the number there are, in relation to how many would make up the whole. For instance, in the fraction 1600/1296, we could say that the value is 1600 portions, out of a possible 1296 portions to make up the whole.

For percentages, the difference is that we want to know how many portions there are if there are 100 portions possible. “Percent” means “per hundred”. For example, if we look at the percentage 25%, that means we have 25 portions of the possible 100 portions. Re-writing this in fraction form, we see 25/100.

The first step in converting a fraction to a percentage is to adjust the fraction so that the denominator is 100. To do this, you first divide 100 by the denominator:

We can then adjust the whole fraction using this number, like so:

Reading this as a fraction, we can say that we have 123.457 portions of a possible 100 portions.

Re-writing this as a percentage, we can see that 1600/1296 as a percentage is 123.457%

Another way we can convert 1600/1296 into a percentage is to first convert 1600/1296 into a decimal. We can do this by simply dividing the numerator by the denominator:

Once we have the answer, we can multiply the new decimal by 100 to get the percentage:

1.235 × 100 = 123.457

As you can see, we get the same answer as the first method and find that 1600/1296 as a percentage is 123.457%.

Now you know of two different ways to convert 1600/1296 into a percentage! While converting using a decimal takes fewer steps, you first need to master converting fractions into decimals. Try out both methods and see which one works best for you!

Practice makes perfect, so why not check out some of the other problems from our math tutors where you can convert a fraction to a percentage?

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