Percents and Decimals
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Basic Math › Percents and Decimals
Change to a decimal.
Explanation
To change a percent to a decimal, drop the "%" sign then divide by 100.
What is as a percent?
Explanation
To change a decimal into a percent, start by multiplying the decimal by 100.
Then add a percent sign to the end of the number.
Change to a decimal.
Explanation
To change a percent to a decimal, drop the "%" sign then divide by 100.
What is expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest hundredth?
Explanation
Percents are numbers expressing parts of :
is the same thing as saying
parts of
or
The simplest way to convert a decimal to a percentage is to move the decimal place over two places to the right. We move the decimal point to after the hundredths place because we are rewriting the decimal as a portion of . Therefore:
In everyday usage, percents usually are between and
. However, when a number is greater than
, it's corresponding percentage is going to be greater than
. The next step of this problem is to round the percentage we have to the nearest hundredth. The number in the thousandths place is
, therefore, we're going to round up:
is therefore our final answer.
Change to a decimal.
Explanation
To change a percent to a decimal, drop the "%" sign then divide by 100.
What is as a percent?
Explanation
To change a decimal into a percent, start by multiplying the decimal by 100.
Then add a percent sign to the end of the number.
What is expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest hundredth?
Explanation
Percents are numbers expressing parts of :
is the same thing as saying
parts of
or
The simplest way to convert a decimal to a percentage is to move the decimal place over two places to the right. We move the decimal point to after the hundredths place because we are rewriting the decimal as a portion of . Therefore:
In everyday usage, percents usually are between and
. However, when a number is greater than
, it's corresponding percentage is going to be greater than
. The next step of this problem is to round the percentage we have to the nearest hundredth. The number in the thousandths place is
, therefore, we're going to round up:
is therefore our final answer.
What is expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest hundredth?
Explanation
Percents are numbers expressing parts of :
is the same thing as saying
parts of
or
The simplest way to convert a decimal to a percentage is to move the decimal place over two places to the right. We move the decimal point to after the hundredths place because we are rewriting the decimal as a portion of . Therefore:
In everyday usage, percents usually are between and
. However, when a number is greater than
, it's corresponding percentage is going to be greater than
. The next step of this problem is to round the percentage we have to the nearest hundredth. The number in the thousandths place is
, therefore, we're going to round up:
is therefore our final answer.
What is as a percent?
Explanation
To change a decimal into a percent, start by multiplying the decimal by 100.
Then add a percent sign to the end of the number.
Change into a percent.
Explanation
To change a decimal into a percent, multiply the decimal by then add a percent sign at the end of that number.