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©Mathematics Education Centre, Loughborough University Strategies Simply the fraction Convert to ?/100 ©Mathematics Education Centre, Loughborough University

©Mathematics Education Centre, Loughborough University 75/100  % 75 = 75% 100 ? Already 100 ©Mathematics Education Centre, Loughborough University

©Mathematics Education Centre, Loughborough University 4/10  % x 10 4 40 = = 40% 4 = 10 100 10 x 10 10 multiplied by what equals 100 ? x 10 ©Mathematics Education Centre, Loughborough University

©Mathematics Education Centre, Loughborough University 9/15  % x 2 x 10 ÷ 3 9 9 3 3 6 6 60 = 60% = = = = 15 15 5 5 10 10 100 x 2 x 10 ÷ 3 Both may be divided by 3 5 multiplied by what equals 10 10 multiplied by what equals 100 ÷ 3 x 2 x 10 ©Mathematics Education Centre, Loughborough University