What is 125% written as a fraction in simplest form?

1. Write 125% as a ratio with denominator 100: 125/100. 2. Both 125 and 100 share a common factor of 25. 3. Dividing both by 25 gives 5/4. 4. Since 125% is more than 100%, the fraction must be greater than 1, which rules out 4/5 and 5/40, both less than 1, and 5/2, which is too large. _Source: OpenStax Prealgebra (CC BY 4.0), Ch 6 "Percents", section 6.1 Understand Percent_