58% of the people surveyed reported that they get less than 8 hours of sleep a night.

Question

Fractions 

Answer 1

Gustavo, are you asking how to express 58 % as a fraction?

 

Since "per cent" literally means "out of a hundred," 58% means 58 out of 100, or 58/100. ("Fifty-eight  one-hundredths.")

 

You can simplify it by dividing both numbers by 2, and your answer in simplest form would be...

 

29/50  ("twenty-nine  fiftieths").

 

Hope this helps.

 

Matt in New York