Fractions Decimals and Percents

Select all fractions equivalent to 40%.

• 4/100

• 2/5

• 2/50

• 40/100

• 4/10

Which percent is equivalent or equal to the fraction in the picture?

• 89%

• 100%

• 189%

• 11%

Answer explanation

A percent, or percentage, is a special fraction that always has 100 as the denominator. Because the bottom of a percent is always 100, we don’t even write it. We remove the 100 and put a % instead. 89/100 = 89%.

There is one pizza and two people are going to split it in half. How would you convert one half into a fraction, decimal and percent?

• 1/2  ,  0.5  ,  50%

• 1/4  ,  0.25  ,  25%

• 3/4  , 0.75  ,  75%

• \1/20  ,  0.05 ,  5%

• 0.8

• 0.08

• 0.008

• 8.0

What is 87% written as a fraction?

• 87

Write 45% as a simplified fraction.

Change .98 into a percent.

• 98%

• 9.8% 

• 980%

• .98%

What percentage of the model is shaded?

• 1%

• 10%

• 99%

• 100%

Answer explanation

10 squares are shaded in the model. There are 100 total squares in the model. The fraction of the model shaded is 10/100. A percent, or percentage, is a special fraction that always has 100 as the denominator. Because the bottom of a percent is always 100, we don’t even write it. We remove the 100 and put a % instead. 10/100 = 10%.

Which model is shaded to represent 23%?

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Answer explanation

23 squares are shaded in the model. There are 100 total squares in the model. The fraction of the model shaded is 23/100. A percent, or percentage, is a special fraction that always has 100 as the denominator. Because the bottom of a percent is always 100, we don’t even write it. We remove the 100 and put a % instead. 23/100 = 23%.

Write in fraction form.

• 20/100

• 2/100

• 2/10

• 22/100