Converting Percents to Decimals

This video tutorial is Part 2 of a series on percents, focusing on converting percents to decimals. It begins by explaining the basic concept of percents as parts per hundred and demonstrates how to convert simple percents to decimals by dividing by 100. The tutorial progresses to more complex examples, including percents with fractions and repeating decimals, and discusses rounding techniques. The video concludes with a preview of the next topic: converting percents to fractions.

What does 'percent' signify in mathematical terms?

• A fraction with a denominator of 100

• An addition of 100

• A type of decimal operation

• A multiplication by 100

How do you convert 58 percent to a decimal?

• 58.0

• 0.058

• 5.8

• 0.58

What is the decimal equivalent of 703 percent?

• 0.703

• 703

• 70.3

• 7.03

What does 100 percent equal in decimal form?

• 1

• 100

• 0.1

• 10

What is the decimal equivalent of 86.3 percent?

• 0.863

• 86.3

• 8.63

• 0.0863

How is 4.5 percent written as a decimal?

• 0.045

• 45

• 0.45

• 4.5

What decimal does 18.25 percent convert to?

• 0.01825

• 18.25

• 1.825

• 0.1825

What is the first step in converting a percent with a fraction to a decimal?

• Add 100

• Multiply by 100

• Divide by 100

• Convert the fraction to a decimal

What is the decimal form of 13 and one third percent, rounded to the nearest thousandth?

• 13.333

• 1.333

• 0.0133

• 0.133

How do you handle a repeating decimal when converting from percent to decimal?

• Round to the nearest desired precision

• Ignore the repeating part

• Convert to a fraction

• Multiply by 100