Question

Which is greater 1/3 or 50%

Answer 1

50% is greater because 1/3 converted to percentage is .3% and so 50%which is a half is greater

Answer 2

50% is greater than 1/3.

One way to figure this out is to convert 50% to a fraction.

100/50 = 2. Therefore, 1/2 = 50%

However, you can't compare 1/2 and 1/3 because they don't have a common denominator (the bottom number.) To make them comparable, you need to find a common multiple. 

Let's use 6:

2 x 6 = 3
3 x 6 = 2

Since you multiply the denominators, you need to multiply the numerators as well (the numbers on top.) 

1 x 3 = 3
1 x 2 = 2

Therefore, the fractions you are comparing are 3/6 and 2/6. Comparing this to a pizza, 3 slices of pizza out of the 6 slices is more than 2 slices of pizza out of the 6 slices. 

Since 3/6 = 1/2 = 50% and 2/6 = 1/3, 50% is greater than 1/3.

Hope this helps :)