Question

how to convert 11.7% to a fraction then reduce to lowest term

Answer 1

117/10

Answer 2

Percents are simply fractions of 100, therefore this can be written as 11.7/100. However we can't combine decimals and fractions. To fix this, multiply by 10/10 to get 117/1000. To reduce to lowest terms, we need to find common factors of both 117 and 1000. The factors of 117 are 1,3,9,13,39,and 117; none of which are common to 1000. Therefore 117/1000 is in lowest terms.

Answer 3

• If your chosen state has a total of 390,000 individuals who are able to work, using the unemployment rate of 11.7% to determine how many would be unemployed

Answer 4

It is important that physicians know how long a medicine will stay in a person’s body to keep a sufficient amount but also so that the person does not overdose. For example, a patient takes a pill that has 50 mg (milligrams) dosage and wakes up the next day with a particular percentage of the medication washed out of his or her system.
• Demonstrate your knowledge of conversions by first choosing a percentage of the medicine that is washed out the next day, and convert this percentage to a decimal and then a fraction.
• How much medication remains in the body after the percentage amount of your choosing is washed out?
• Explain which conversion (percent, decimal, or fraction) was the easiest to use to make the calculation.
• Show all your calculations.

Answer 5

Since percentages are fractions of 100, divide 11.7 by 100 to get .117. Multiply this by 390,000 to get the total number of persons who are unemployed.

\[# unemployed = (11.7/100) * 390,000\]

Answer 6

Pick any percentage, say 50%, and use the same method used to find the number of unemployed people to determine the amount of medication remaining.

Answer 7

is 0.117 round to nearest tenth 0.1

Answer 8

Yes. The digit in the hundredths place is less than 5.

Answer 9

Real Life
Robert is interested in buying carpet for his house. Robert measured the areas where he plans to install the carpet and found that the hallway needed a total of 60 square feet, the living room needed 250 square feet, and the master bedroom required 120 square feet. However, when Robert called to order the carpet, he found out that he had to order in square yards. Research to find the conversion between square feet and square yards to answer the following:

How many square yards total will Robert need to buy to carpet his house?
What percentage of the total carpet will be used in the master bedroom?
Convert the percent obtained for the master bedroom into a decimal and then to a reduced fraction.
Show all of your calculations.

Answer 10

There are three (3) feet in every yard. Therefore, 1 sq. yard = 9 sq. ft

Answer 11

Robert is interested in buying carpet for his house. Robert measured the areas where he plans to install the carpet and found that the hallway needed a total of 60 square feet, the living room needed 250 square feet, and the master bedroom required 120 square feet. However, when Robert called to order the carpet, he found out that he had to order in square yards. Research to find the conversion between square feet and square yards to answer the following:

How many square yards total will Robert need to buy to carpet his house?
What percentage of the total carpet will be used in the master bedroom?
Convert the percent obtained for the master bedroom into a decimal and then to a reduced fraction.
Show all of your calculations.