In the real world the most common reason is because comparing the sizes of fractions which may have different denominators is not easy to do, especially if numerators and denominators are both large numbers.
Ordering numbers is very easy when they are expressed as percentages.
To change a percent into a fraction, divide the percent number by 100, and if you can, simplfy the fraction.
Twelve percent is equivalent to the fraction 12/100. To find the reciprocal of a number, you take its fraction form and switch the numerator (top) and denominator (bottom). So the reciprocal of 12% is 100/12.
47 percent into a fraction = 47/100 in fraction
Converting a fraction to a percent.
17.00 percent as a fraction is 17/100.
The fraction for 6 percent is 6/100
Fraction for 39 percent is 39/100
50 percent as a fraction is 1/2.
fifteen percent as a fraction is __15___ 100
0.03 percent in a fraction is 3/10000
The fraction is 1/6 and the percent is about 16.667%.
32.14 percent as a fraction is 1607/5000.