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# What is 15 percent as a fraction?

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When expressed as a fraction, 15 percent is equal to 15/100. This can be simplified further by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 5, resulting in 3/20.

The word percent means per hundred, and percentages can be seen as an expression of regular numbers or ratios as a fraction of 100. In order to convert percentages back to fractions, one simply needs to see the percentage as a number over 100, and then find the greatest common factor between the two of them. After this, the percentage and 100 are both divided by the greatest common factor to find the simplest fraction that represents the original percentage.

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20 percent can be written as the fraction 1/5. It can also be written as the decimal 0.2. Percentages, fractions and decimals are different ways of expressing the same number value.

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You can easily write a number in percentage form as a fraction in its simplest form by converting your numbers from one form to the other. A percentage can be directly converted to a fraction, or a percentage can be converted to a decimal first, then to a fraction. In converting percentages to simplified fractions, it is important to keep in mind that percent means "out of 100."

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As a decimal, 15 percent is 0.15. To find this answer, use the definition of percent given as part (P) per hundred to express it as the fraction P/100.