Percent to FractionConversion

(using decimals)To convert a percent to a fraction:Make it a decimal (move 2 places left & remove %)

Then read the decimal correctly,

[simplify]

By Jim Olsen, W.I.U.#P8

Convert 40% to a Fraction

Change to a decimal(move two places to the left and remove %)

Then read the decimal and simplify.40% = .4 =

40% = .4

How to Read Decimals

.3 = “three tenths” =

.54 = “fifty-four hundredths” =

0.09 is read, “nine hundredths.”35.7 is read, “thirty-five and seven tenths.”6.519 is read, “six and five hundred nineteen thousandths.”0.09 = , 35.7 = , 6.519 = .

Examples

Examples:1. If 70% of the employees are saving for

retirement, what fraction are saving for retirement?

2. If wheat flour is 45% of the recipe, what fraction is wheat flour?

3. If the B.A.C. is .08%, what fraction of the blood is alcohol?

770% .7

10

45 945% .45

100 20

8 1.08% .0008

10000 1250

Closing Notes

Remember

To convert a percent to a fraction: Make it a decimal (move 2 places left &

remove %) Then read the decimal correctly,

[simplify]

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