Fraction Set: 7 of 10 Fish — free printable diagram

What is 7/10 of a set?

7/10 is seven tenths. This is a set of 10 fish, and the fraction counts 7 of them. As a decimal 7/10 is 0.7, and as a percentage it is 70%.

Fraction

7/10

In words

seven tenths

Simplest form

7/10 (already simplest)

As a decimal

0.7

As a percentage

70%

Counted

7 of 10 fish

The rest

3/10

• Here the whole is a GROUP, not one shape: the denominator 10 is how many fish there are altogether, and each single one of them is one tenth of the set. The numerator 7 is how many of them the fraction counts.
• 7 and 10 share no common factor bigger than 1, so 7/10 is already in its simplest form.
• To turn 7/10 into a decimal, divide the top by the bottom: 7 ÷ 10 = 0.7. Multiply that by 100 for the percentage, 70%.
• The rest of the set is 3/10, because 7/10 and 3/10 add up to one whole set.
• The same method works on any amount, not just 10 fish: to find 7/10 of a number, divide it by 10 and then multiply by 7.