i need a maths genious please :)

[silverdaler]

how do you work out fractions?? ive done it before but i cant remember how and i need to type it up on how i did it. for example i have 15% and as a fraction i have it as 3/20, please help me?

[squarebear]

to work a percentage into a fraction, you say:

15
---
100

Now you need to find the largest number that will divide into both numbers. In this case 5.
3x5=15
20x5=100

This gives you:

3
--
20

Nothing else divides into both numbers so this is your fraction.

[factor-fiction]

I'm no genius but 15% means 15 out of a 100
As a fraction that's 15/100.
Divide top and bottom by the largest common factor which is 5. So that's 3/20

[DTCwordfan]

What a genius you are, square!

[squarebear]

I know. Stephen Hawking has nothing on me.

[DTCwordfan]

perhaps he is 3/20th of a true genius like SH......

[silverdaler]

thank you!! alright eddie, thanks for your help, do you feel better know?

[squarebear]

lol, you tell him!

Anyway, after that test for my gigantic brain, I must now retire and contemplate the Universe. Fare thee well mortals.

[starone]

Does anyone really care about spelling nowadays? As long as you get your meaning over, nice and clear it doesn't really matter does it? I know the spelling police around here will be straight on me for this. I don't care, honestly.

[woolleysheep]

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[starone]

Well,I knew what you meant wooley so it must prove something. You could have spelled my name right though, since you had it right there to copy.