Question

Write the percent in the lowest fraction 5%

Answer 1

first write it as a fraction with 100 in the bottom. can you do that?

Answer 2

yea i did that

Answer 3

what did you get?

Answer 4

5/100

Answer 5

would it be 1/10

Answer 6

now to simplify look for a number that divides into 5 and into 100

there is only one

Answer 7

what number divides into 5?

Answer 8

1/50

Answer 9

what number divides evenly into 5?

Answer 10

ignoring 1 (it does not count)
5/2 is this a whole number?
5/3
5/4
5/5
5/6
which one is a whole number?

Answer 11

5/5=1

Answer 12

so if 100 is divisible by 5, you can simplify 5/100
does 5 go into 100?

Answer 13

is 100/5 a whole number?

Answer 14

no?

Answer 15

oh wait it can be divided by itself.

Answer 16

20?

Answer 17

5 goes into 100 evenly
if you type
100/5=
in the google search window you can find the answer

or by hand: