Express 7/8 as a percent.

• A. 75 percent
• B. 87.5 percent
• C. 88 percent
• D. 81 percent

Answer: (B)

Converting a fraction to a percent involves turning the part over the whole into a number out of 100. For 7/8, divide 7 by 8 to get 0.875, then multiply by 100 to express it as a percent. That gives 87.5 percent, which is the exact percentage that corresponds to the fraction. If you round to the nearest whole percent, you’d say 88 percent. The other options don’t match exactly: 75 percent would be 3/4, which is smaller than 7/8; 81 percent is 0.81, not 0.875; 88 percent is simply the rounded form of 87.5 percent.