Question

Hawaii 0.288% = what fraction

Answer 1

Answer:

36⁄125 or if we are talking about the lowest term it is 9 /3125

Step-by-step explanation:

Step 1: 0.288 = 288⁄1000  

Step 2: Simplify 288⁄1000 = 36⁄125 Percent" or "%" means "out of 100" or "per 100",

Or for the lowest term:

Therefore 0.288% can be written as  

0.288

100

.

Next, we can multiply by  

1

in the form of  

1000

1000

to eliminate the decimal in the numerator:

1000

1000

×

0.288

100

⇒

1000

×

0.288

1000

×

100

⇒

288

100000

.

We can now reduce the fraction as:

288

100000

⇒

32

×

9

32

×

3125

⇒

32

×

9

32

×

3125

⇒

9

3125

.