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Decimals,FractionsandPercentages
Decimals,FractionsandPercentagesarejustdifferentwaysofshowingthesamevalue:

AHalfcanbewritten...

Asafraction: 1/
2
Asadecimal: 0.5
Asapercentage: 50%

AQuartercanbewritten...

Asafraction: 1/
4
Asadecimal: 0.25
Asapercentage: 25%

Here,haveaplaywithityourself:

OneQuarter 25%
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Example Values
HereisatableofcommonlyusedvaluesshowninPercent,DecimalandFractionform:

Percent Decimal Fraction

1% 0.01 1/
100

5% 0.05 1/
20

10% 0.1 1/
10

12% 0.125 1/
8

20% 0.2 1/
5

25% 0.25 1/
4

33 1/3 % 0.333... 1/
3
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33 1/3 % 0.333... 1/
3

50% 0.5 1/
2

75% 0.75 3/
4

80% 0.8 4/
5

90% 0.9 9/
10

99% 0.99 99/

100

100% 1

125% 1.25 5/
4

150% 1.5 3/
2

200% 2

Conversions

F P D
To convertfrompercenttodecimal :divideby100,andremovethe"%"sign.

Theeasiestwaytodivideby100istomovethedecimalpoint2placestotheleft:

FromPercent ToDecimal

75% 0.7.5. 0.75 movethedecimalpoint2placestotheleft,

andremovethe"%"sign.
2 Places

F D P
To convertfromdecimaltopercent :multiplyby100,andadda"%"sign.

Theeasiestwaytomultiplyby100istomovethedecimalpoint2placestotheright:

FromDecimal ToPercent

movethedecimalpoint2placestothe
right,andaddthe"%"sign.

0.125 0.1.2.5 12.5%

2 Places
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F F D
Theeasiestwayto convertafractiontoadecimal istodividethetopnumberbythebottom
number(dividethenumeratorbythedenominatorinmathematicallanguage)

Example:Convert2/5 toadecimal

Divide2by5:25=0.4

Answer:2/5 =0.4

F D F
To convertadecimaltoafraction needsalittlemorework.

Example:Toconvert0.75toafraction

Steps Example

0.75
First,writedownthedecimal"over"thenumber1
1

Multiplytopandbottomby10foreverynumberafterthe 0.75100
decimalpoint(10for1number,100for2numbers,etc) 1100

75
(Thismakesacorrectlyformedfraction)
100

3
ThenSimplifythefraction
4

F F P
Theeasiestwayto convertafractiontoapercentage istodividethetopnumberbythebottom
number.thenmultiplytheresultby100,andaddthe"%"sign.

Example:Convert3/8 toapercentage

Firstdivide3by8:38=0.375,
Thenmultiplyby100:0.375x100=37.5
Addthe"%"sign:37.5%

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Answer:3/8 =37.5%

F P F
To convertapercentagetoafraction ,firstconverttoadecimal(divideby100),thenusethesteps
forconvertingdecimaltofractions(likeabove).

Example:Toconvert80%toafraction

Steps Example
Convert80%toadecimal(=80/100): 0.8

0.8
Writedownthedecimal"over"thenumber1
1

Multiplytopandbottomby10foreverynumberafterthe 0.810
decimalpoint(10for1number,100for2numbers,etc) 110

8
(Thismakesacorrectlyformedfraction)
10

4
ThenSimplifythefraction
5

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