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Interchange Percents, Fractions, and Decimals

In this topic, we learn to change percents to decimals and fractions, and to change decimals and fractions to percents.

Topic: Percents to Decimals and Fractions

  • A percent is another way to name a fraction or a decimal. Percent means per hundred, or out of a hundred

  • 1% has the same meaning as the fraction 1/100 and the decimal 0.01

  • To write a percent as a fraction, write the percent as a fraction with a denominator of 100 and simplify

  • To write a percent as a decimal, write the percent as a fraction with a denominator of 100, and then write an equivalent decimal

Topic: Decimals and Fractions to Percents

  • A percent is another way to name a fraction or decimal. Percent means per hundred, or out of a hundred

  • 1% has the same meaning as the fraction 1/100 and the decimal 0.01

  • To write the fraction as a percent, write an equivalent fraction with the denominator 100, and then rewrite the fraction as a percent

  • To write the decimal as a percent, write the decimal as a fraction with denominator 100, and then rewrite the fraction as a percent
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