Fractions and percents are ways to show parts of a whole. We want to tell which number is greater.
17 %, 4/25
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.
4/25=x/100
We multiply 25 by 4 to get 100, so we will also multiply 4 by 4 to get an equivalent fraction.
We found that 425 and 16100 are equivalent fractions. Now we can write the new fraction as a percent by looking at the numerator and adding a percent symbol.
4/25=16/100= 16 %
Since 17 is greater than 16, 17 % is greater than 16 %. This means that 17 % is greater than 425.
