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There are 50 students in class VII of a school. The

activities are
number
:Scout – 7 of students involved in these
Red Ribbon Club – 6 Junior Red Cross –
Sports – 14 Cultural activity – 11
9 Green Force – 3
Find the percentage of students who involved in various
activities.
2.1.1 Converting Fraction to
Percentage
All numbers which are represented using numerator
They
and can have any number as a denominator. If the
then it denominator are fractions.
can be very easily expressed as a percentage. Let
denominator of the fraction is hundred
percentage.
us try to convert
Example 2.1 Write
1 di#erent fraction to
as per
5
Solution cent.
We have 1 100 1 100% = = 100
=×=× % % 20 .
1 5 5 100 5 5
Example 2.2 Convert 7
to per cent.
4
Solution
We have 7 100 7 100% = = 700
=×=× % % 175 .
7 4 4 100 4 4
Example 2.3 Out of 20 beads, 5 beads are red.
Solution
What is the percentage
We have 5
of red.
5 100 5 100% = = 500
=×=× % % 25 .
20 20 100 20 20

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