Percents/Decimals/Fractions

Percents, Decimals, & Fractions

Changing Percents to Fraction

-Put the Percent in the numerator

-Put 100 in the denominator

-You can reduce the fraction too!

Multiple Choice

What is 79% as a fraction?

• 7/9

• 79/79

• 79/100

• 1/3

Reducing Percents

• If the fraction can be reduced:

• Divide top and bottom by a common factor

• (Or use 2^nd PRB in our calculator)

Multiple Choice

The fraction

 $\frac{60}{100}$   can be divided by?

• 8

• 12

• 3

• 20

Multiple Choice

Reduce the fraction

 $\frac{15}{100}$  

•  $\frac{3}{100}$  

•  $\frac{3}{20}$  

•  $\frac{5}{20}$  

•  $\frac{3}{5}$  

Divide by 5

Both 15 and 100 are divisible by 5

Changing a Percent to a Decimal

Move the decimal Point

• Always move the decimal 2 spots to the LEFT

Multiple Choice

Write the percent as a decimal
65%

• 0.65
• 6.5
• 65
• 650

Multiple Choice

What is 70% turned into a decimal?

• 0.70
• 7.0
• 70.0
• .007

Multiple Choice

Which is the decimal for 3.5%?

• 3.5
• 0.35
• 0.0035
• 0.035

Multiple Choice

Change 4% to a decimal.

• .04
• .004
• .4
• 4