There are 12 beads on the bracelet and 8 of the beads are purple. What percent of the beads are purple?
The fraction [tex]\frac{8}{12}[/tex] represents the number of purple beads on the bracelet out of all the beads on the bracelet.
To find what percent of the beads are purple, we can turn the fraction [tex]\frac{8}{12}[/tex] to a percent.
We can first reduce the fraction [tex]\frac{8}{12}[/tex] by dividing both the numerator and denominator by the Greatest Common Factor of 8 and 12 using 4.
8 ÷ 4 = 2
12 ÷ 4 = 3
Our reduced fraction is [tex]\frac{2}{3}[/tex]
2 ÷ 3 = 0.66666666666667
0.66666666666667 × 100 = 66.666666666667%
Therefore, 66.666666666667% of the beads on the bracelet are purple.
