The correct answer to this question is 175/10 or 35/2 (improper fraction)
I suspect the question should of been what is 17.5% as a fraction where the answer is 7/40.
17.5% is the UK VAT rate (excluding VAT Holiday November 2008 till October 2009)
17.5 in a mixed fraction is 17 1/2
17.5/1
175/10
8.75/2
and so on.
7/40
If you want to work out questions like this for yourself, here's how:
0.175 is another way of saying 175/1000. Write this down, then start to cancel. It is obvious that top and bottom can be divided by 5, so do that. You get 35/200. Again, this divides by 5, giving 7/40, which is also .175 in decimal form.
1.75 is a fraction. It is a fraction in decimal form rather than in the form of a ratio. However, that does not stop it being a fraction. Its equivalent, in rational form, is 175/100. You can simplify this rational fraction if you so wish.
1.75 is 1 75/100 as a fraction. In lowest terms it is 1 3/4.
1.75 = 175/100 = 7/4 = 13/4
It is -175/100 which simplifies to -7/4.
175 = 175/1
It is: -7/4
7/4
1/4
175% = 175/100 = 7/4 As a decimal, it is 1.75
It is 175/1 as a fraction and 175 as a whole number. There is no sensible way to write it as a mixed number.
125/175 = 5/7
175% = 1 3/4 or 1.75
175 is an integer and not a fraction. However, it can be expressed in rational form as 175/1. There is no sensible way of representing it as a mixed number.
175 = 175/1
175: as a decimal = 175.0 as a mixed fraction = Ideally, it can't be converted into a mixed fraction.
The lowest term of the fraction 175/245 is 5/7
It is: 175% = 1.75 as a decimal and 7/4 as a fraction in its lowest terms
1.75 = 175% = 175/100.
175/100 or 7/4
175% = 175/100 = 7/4 As a decimal, it is 1.75
175 = 5*5*7
175% = 1.75 or 7/4
175/100 = 7/4
"percent" means "out of 100", so 175 % = 175/100 = 7/4 (as an improper fraction) = 13/4 (as a mixed number)
175 percent converted to a fraction in lowest terms is 7/4