FRACTIONS,

DECIMALS &
PERCENTS
OH MY!

The table shows the heights of

the ten tallest buildings in Dallas.
Dallas Tallest Buildings

Building

Height (ft)

1. What fraction of the

buildings are between
600 and 900 feet tall?
2. Write this fraction
using words.
3. Write this fraction as a
decimal.

Bank of America Plaza

921

Renaissance Tower

886

Bank One Center

787

JP Morgan Chase Tower

738

Fountain Place

721

Trammell Crow Center

686

1700 Pacific Avenue

655

Thanksgiving Tower

645

2. Nine-tenths

Energy Plaza

629

3.

Elm Place

625

1. 9 out of 10, which is 9/10

0.9

To change a fraction into a decimal, you divide the

NUMERATOR by the DENOMINATOR.
For example, to change 3 into a decimal, you would
divide the 3 by the 4.

3
4 3
4

4
0. 7 5
4 3.0
-2 8
20
-2 0
0

3
0.75
4

This is called a TERMINATING DECIMAL.

(it comes to an end, as in terminate a game!)

To change a fraction into a decimal, you divide the

NUMERATOR by the DENOMINATOR.
Write each fraction or mixed number as a decimal.
Example 1:

7
20

0.3 5
20 7.0
-6 0
1 00
-1 0 0
0

7
0.35
20

This is called a TERMINATING DECIMAL.

(it comes to an end, as in terminate a game!)

To change a fraction into a decimal, you divide the

NUMERATOR by the DENOMINATOR.
Write each fraction or mixed number as a decimal.
Example 2:

3
5
4

We already
know that =
0.75

3
5 5.75
4

Memorizing some conversions like these will make things a lot

EASIER!
= 0.25
(one quarter)

= 0.50
(half of a dollar)

= 0.75
(three quarters)

To change a fraction into a decimal, you divide the

NUMERATOR by the DENOMINATOR.
Write each fraction or mixed number as a decimal.
Example 3:

3
2
8

0.3 7 5
8 3.0
-2 4
60
- 56
40
- 40
0

3
2 2.375
8

To change a fraction into a decimal, you divide the

NUMERATOR by the DENOMINATOR.
Write each fraction or mixed number as a decimal.
Example 4:

1
3

0.3 3 3..
3 1.0
0.333 ... 0.3
- 9
10
- 9
10
- 9
1

This is called a REPEATING DECIMAL.

(a pattern in the digits repeats forever!)

You can use BAR NOTATION to indicate that a number

repeats forever. A bar is written over the digit(s) that repeat.
Example 5: Write 7/9 as a decimal.

0.7 7 7
9 7.0
-6 3
70
- 63
70
- 63
7

7
0.777... 0.7
9

To change a decimal into a fraction, you place the

decimal number over the correct pace value position
as a fraction ( #/10
#/100
#/1000)

For example, to change 0.25 into a fraction, you

would place 25 over a denominator of 100 since it is
read twenty-five hundredths.

25/100 = 1/4

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Decimal
1) 0.7
2) 0.08
3) 0.42
4) 0.04
5) 0.71
6) 0.07

Fraction

Classwork
Title: Glencoe Pg. 247 # 21-35

Advanced: Glencoe Pg. 247 # 27-36, 38-42

How to change percentages into

fractions and decimals

A percentage is a special
fraction.

% says, per hundred.

For example, 47%, is simply another
way of writing the fraction 47/100
The

Fractions to Percents
A ratio is a comparison of 2 quantities by
division. Fractions are ratios!
34 can be written as 34:100 in ratio form.
100

When a ratio compares a number to 100, it

can be written as a percent.

Fractions to Percents
Ex 1: Annie answered 90 out of 100 questions
correctly.

90
100

Since the fraction

already has a
denominator of 100,
you automatically
have the
percentage!

90%

Fractions to Percents
Ex 2: On average, 50.5 out of 100 students
own a pet.

50.5
100

Since the fraction

already has a
denominator of 100,
you automatically
have the
percentage!

50.5%

Fractions to Percents
3
Ex 3: Write
as a percent.
20
Find an equivalent
fraction that has a
denominator of 100

3 x5 x
15

20 x5 100 100

15%

Try These

17 x5 x
85

20 x5 100 100

85%

3 x20 x
60

5 x20 100 100

60%

2 x4 x
8

25 x4 100 100

8%

You can almost see the 100 in the

percentage sign
The
zeros

The 1
Percentage

Fraction

7%
19%
83%
Etc.

7/100
19/100
83/100

So to write a percentage as a
fraction, you simply put it
over 100 like this:

24% = 24/100

Yes, but remember to

write the fraction in its
simplest form

24% = 24/100

12/50

6/25

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Percentage Fraction Percentage Fraction

1. 23%
2. 24%
3. 55%
4. 20%
5. 17%
6. 78%

23/100 7. 80%
8. 84%
9. 12%
1/5
10. 48%
11. 71%
12. 36%

Classwork
Glencoe Pg. 252 # 13-29, 34-36

Advanced: Glencoe Pg. 252 # 10-33 even, 3740, 42, 43

So, to change a percentage into a

decimal, you always divide by
100
For example, 35% as a fraction is 35/100 so to
change this into a decimal, you divide 35 by
100

35%

100

0.35

To change decimal into a

percentage
Decimal

Percentage

To change a decimal into a

percentage, you X by 100

0.23

X 100

23%

You Should Know

A a percentage is a
special fraction.
23% = 23/100

Percentage
to a
decimal

100

Decimal to
a
percentage

X 100

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Percentage Decimal Decimal
1. 27%
7. 0.87
2. 2%
8. 0.08
3. 55%
9. 0.42
4. 5%
10. 0.04
5. 17%
11. 0.71
6. 98%
12. 0.07

Percentage