Question

48/60=blank over 100. What does the blank mean

Answer 1

If you simplify 48/60 you get 4/5 (divide top and bottom by 12). In order to get a denominator of 100 you can multiply by 20.

(4*20)/(5*20) = 80/100

Therefore the blank must be 80.

Answer 2

You divided the answer to get the hundred