Question

Which fraction is equivalent to 38%?
3/8
9/25
19/50
3 4/5

Answer 1

Can you post the fractions?

Answer 2

it will not let me

Answer 3

You can type them out, draw them, or use the equation tool.

You can also take a screenshot, or download the files then use the "Attach File" function.

Five options :P

Answer 4

There are multiple ways we can do this:

The long way is to convert each given option into decimal form (through long division) and compare it to see if it equals 0.38 or 38%

The other way is to try to turn 38% or 0.38 into a fraction then try to reduce that fraction.

Answer 5

Here is an example of the long way:

3/8

3 divided 8

but 8 doesn't go into 3, so we consider 3.0
8 goes into 24, 3 times. as in 3*8=24
so we write this this way:

Answer 6

similarly, 8 does not go into 6, so we consider "60"
8 goes into "60", 7 times, because 8*7=56

which we write like this

Answer 7

and so on

and we get that 3/8 as a decimal is 0.375

but 0.375 is not 0.38 exactly
so A is not correct


but as I stated before, this way of testing every option is a lot of work.

so here is the other way:

Answer 8

38% = 0.38 as a decimal

this is read as "thirty eight hundredths"
as in: 38 / 100
or like this
\(\huge \frac{38}{100}\)

we can then try reducing this fraction until it matches one of our answers

Answer 9

38 and 100 can be both divided by 2

38 divided by 2 = 19
100 divided by 2 = 50

this method should help you get to the answer you need much faster

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Good luck and I hope you come back to see this :-)