(plastic beads)/(beads on clearance) = 6/20 = 30/100 = 30%
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A percentage is a representation of a fraction that has 100 as a denominator. The percent sign (%) is just a shorthand way to write "divided by 100" (/100). The word "percent" means "per hundred", or "divided by 100."
Here, the given fraction (6/20) can be multiplied by 5/5 to make it have a denominator of 100.
