Question

Write 35 percent as a fraction in the lowest term

Answer 1

To solve this, we simply have to put the percentage over 100, since there are only 2 digits to the left of the decimal point to make this a whole number.

35% =
`(35)/(100)`

We can see by looking at this that both the numerator and the denominator are divisible by 5, so we can reduce.


`(35 / 5)/(100 / 5) = (7)/(20)`

which is your final answer.
35% as a fraction in the lowest term would be
`(7)/(20)`.
Hope that helped! =)

Answer 2

35% expressed as a fraction is 35/100

To put it in lowest terms you need to find the largest common factor of 35 and 100
The only factors of 35 are 1, 35, 5 and 7
The highest factor of 35 that will divide evenly into 100 is 5

35/5
---------
100/5

= 7/20

Hope this helps.