Understanding Percentages and Decimals

This video tutorial explains how to convert percentages to decimals and vice versa. It begins with simple examples like converting 50% to 0.5 and progresses to more complex conversions such as 16.32% to 0.1632 and 0.25% to 0.0025. The tutorial also covers converting decimals to percentages, demonstrating with examples like 0.01 to 1% and 1.25 to 125%. Key points include moving the decimal point two places to the left for percentage to decimal conversion and two places to the right for decimal to percentage conversion.

What is the decimal equivalent of 50%?

• 0.5

• 5.0

• 0.05

• 50.0

How do you convert 16.32% to a decimal?

• Divide by 10

• Multiply by 100

• Move the decimal two places to the left

• Move the decimal two places to the right

What is the decimal form of 0.25%?

• 0.025

• 2.5

• 0.0025

• 0.25

Which of the following is true about 25%?

• It is equal to 25.0

• It is equal to 0.0025

• It is equal to 0.25

• It is equal to 2.5

How do you convert 0.01 to a percentage?

• Divide by 100

• Multiply by 10

• Multiply by 100

• Divide by 10

What percentage is equivalent to the decimal 1.25?

• 12.5%

• 0.125%

• 125%

• 1.25%

If you have a decimal of 0.003, what is its percentage form?

• 0.03%

• 0.3%

• 3%

• 30%

What happens to the number when converting from a decimal to a percentage?

• It becomes negative

• It stays the same

• It gets smaller

• It gets larger

What is the percentage equivalent of the decimal 0.1?

• 1%

• 10%

• 0.1%

• 100%

When converting from a percentage to a decimal, what happens to the number?

• It gets larger

• It stays the same

• It becomes negative

• It gets smaller