Fractions and percents are ways to show parts of a whole. We want to tell which number is greater.
12/5, 245 %
To do this, we will write a fraction as a percent. To write a fraction as a percent, we first find an equivalent fraction with a denominator of 100.
12/5=x/100
We multiply 5 by 20 to get 100, so we will also multiply 12 by 20 to get an equivalent fraction.
We found that 125 and 240100 are equivalent fractions. Now we can write the new fraction as a percent by looking at the numerator and adding a percent symbol.
12/5=240/100= 240 %
Since 245 is greater than 240, 245 % is greater than 240 %. This means that 245 % is greater than 125.
