57p divided by 120p (£1.20) will give you the answer in decimals which is 0.457, multiply by 100 for the answer in percentage: (57/120) x 100 = 47.5%

So starting with a basic rule. For calculating percentage, both the quantities need to be in the same units. This rule actually follows from fractions, of which percentages are just an extension.

So converting both in pence units, we have 57p already and £1.20 as 120p, since 1 pound has 100 pence to it.

% = (57/120) x 100

= 0.475 x 100 = 47.5%

So, 57p is 47.5% of £1.20

£1.20= 120p

hence 57p = 47.5% of £1.20 as 57/120 X100= 47.5%

Do 57/1.20 which is 47.5%

Answer: 47.5%

Explanation:

First of all, you need to change either of the numbers to the same unit, you can either do this by converting:

57p to £0.57

or

£1.20 to 120p.

Now we can divide the smaller number by the bigger number to receive an answer of 0.475.

Following this, we need to convert this decimal into a percentage and we can do this by multiplying by 100 and thus we get an answer of 47.5%

convert the £1.20 into pence, so both items are pence. Then either do long division and divide 120 into 57 or on a calculator do 57/120 and then x 100 to make it a %

(57/120) x 100 = 47.5%

Hi Miss Penelope Ryan,

Lets start by thinking of what a percentage is? A percentage can be though of as a portion of an amount. If we have 100% of an amount then we have the full amount. For example if we have 100% of a pizza then all the pizza is ours. If we have 50% of a pizza then we have half the pizza because 50 is half of 100. We can use this concept to solve the question

Here is a series of steps I would use to find the percentage:

1. Multiply £1.20 by 100 (explanation: this will give us the amount in pence). 120pence is what we will get.
2. 57/120 will give us a decimal which can be converted to a % in a next step
3. I will multiply 57/120 by 100 which will give us 47.5%

(0.57/1.2) *100% = 47.5%

firstly convert all numbers into pence. next (57/120) x 100 = 47.5%

First, we convert both amounts to the same units (p), so £1.20 becomes 120p.

Then, we proceed with an initial fraction of 57/120.

Seeing that this fraction has a Highest Common Factor of 3, we divide both numbers by 3 to obtain a simplified fraction.

So, 57/3 = 19 and 120/3 = 40.

The resulting simplified fraction is: 19/40

(57/120) x 100 = 47.5%

You need to convert both amounts into either pounds or pence. I will choose pence and then divide 57p by 120p and multiply the answer by 100.

57/120 *100 = 47.5%

Firstly, we need to convert £1.20 into pence, so 120p, then we simply type in the calculator 57/120 *100