Percent to Decimal and Vice Versa

Percent to Decimal and Vice Versa

Learning Target

• I can convert percentages to decimals and vice versa.

Percents

(apparently, is not a word)

But! Percentages :-)

the plural form!

Multiple Choice

Rewrite 67% as a decimal.

• 0.67

• 67.0

• 6.7

• 6700

Multiple Choice

Rewrite 7% as a decimal.

• 0.07

• 7 hundredths

• .07

• all of the above

From Percent to Decimal

• Move the decimal to the left, 2 times.

• 12% --> 12/100 --> 0.12

• 8% --> 8/100 --> 0.08

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Conversely...

Decimal to Percent

• 0.15

• 15 hundredths

• Move the decimal to the right, 2 times

• 15%

Decimal to Percent

• 0.09

• 9 hundredths

• Move the decimal to the right, 2 times

• 9%

Decimal to Percent

• 0.2

• 2 tenths

• Move the decimal to the right, 2 times

• 20%

Multiple Choice

Convert 0.02 to a percent.

• 200%

• 2%

• 10%

• 0.02%

Multiple Choice

Convert 0.7 to a percent.

• 70%

• seven percent

• 0.7%

• 100%

Multiple Choice

Which value represents 5 cents (5 pennies)?

• 5.00

• 0.05

• 500

• 0.5