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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:
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
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
F D P
To convertfromdecimaltopercent :multiplyby100,andadda"%"sign.
Theeasiestwaytomultiplyby100istomovethedecimalpoint2placestotheright:
FromDecimal ToPercent
movethedecimalpoint2placestothe
right,andaddthe"%"sign.
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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