1 for a denominator of 10, 2 for 100,, and so on). Then we can easily perform the division by shifting the decimal point the required number of places (e.g. In order to do this, we need to either multiply or divide both the numerator and denominator by a value such that the denominator becomes a power of ten.
Since a percent is just a decimal number divided by one hundred, working backwards means that we need to first convert the fraction to a decimal. How to convert a fraction to a percentage? How to convert a fraction to a percentage?.