Answer:
multiply the ratio of quantities by 100%
Step-by-step explanation:
You usually explain a process by describing how it is done. The ratio of two quantities is expressed as a percentage by multiplying that ratio by 100%.
<u>Example</u>
A as a percentage of B is (A/B)×100%.
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You will often see a description of finding a percentage as involving multiplication by 100. What multiplication by 100 does is give you a quantity 100 times as large. Generally, that will not be the number you are looking for.
For example, <em>one out of four</em> as a percentage is not (1/4)·100 = 25. 25 is two tens plus 5, a number way larger than 1/4. Rather, it is (1/4)·100% = 25%.
"Percent" and "hundredths" are interchangeable. The percent symbol (%) is a shorthand way to write /100, which is what it means. Consider the above example:
25% = 25/100 = 1/4 . . . . these are all the same value, written differently
In decimal, ...
25% = 25/100 = 0.25 . . . . these are all the same value, written differently
