Percentages and Decimals

Change 37% to a decimal.

• 3.7
• 37
• .37
• 37.00

Covert 2.37 to a percent.

• 2.37%
• 23.7%
• 237%
• 2370%

Change .384 to a percent

• 384%
• 38.4%
• .00348%
• 3.84%

Change 56% to a decimal

• .56
• 56
• 5.6
• .056

Change 4% to a decimal.

• .04
• .004
• .4
• 4

Write 200% as a decimal.

• 20,000
• 2
• 200
• .02

When converting decimals to percents, move the decimal:

• Two places to the left.
• Two places to the right.
• Two places up.
• Two places down.

When converting percents to decimals, move the decimal two places:

• Two places to the right.
• Two places down.
• Three places to the right.
• Two places to the left.

Change .009 to a percent.

• 0.9%
• 0.09%
• 9%
• 9.00%

175% is equivalent to —

• 0.175
• 17.5
• 1.75
• 175