Converting Between Fractions, Decimals, and Percents

Convert .056 to a percent

• 0.56%

• 5.6%

• 56%

• 0.056%

To convert a decimal into a percent, you ...

• add 100 to the decimal

• divide the decimal by 100

• subtract 100 from the decimal

To convert a decimal to a fraction, you....

• write it the way you say it (using place value) and then simplify if needed

• multiply the decimal by 100 and write it over 100

• add a zero to the decimal and write it as a whole number

• subtract the decimal from 1 and write it as a fraction

Convert this percent into a decimal: 8%

• 0.08

• 0.8

• 0.008

• 8.0

To convert a percent into a decimal, you ...

• divide by 100

  (move the decimal two places to the left)

• multiply by 100

• add 100

• subtract 100

To convert a fraction into a decimal, you ...

• divide the numerator by the denominator

• divide the numerator by the denominator

• add the numerator and denominator

• subtract the denominator from the numerator

Convert this decimal into a fraction in the simplest form. .24

• @@\frac{6}{25}@@

• @@\frac{12}{50}@@

• @@\frac{3}{10}@@

• @@\frac{24}{100}@@

Convert 20.4% into a decimal

• 0.204

• 2.04

• 0.0204

• 20.4

Convert this decimal into a percent

.89

multiply by 100

(move the decimal 2 places to the right and put your percent sign)

• 89%

• 78%

• 90%

• 85%