LESSON

Fractions, Decimals, Percent

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Fractions
A fraction is written in the form a/b, where a and b are whole numbers and b cannot be zero. The
number a, is called numerator, the number b, is called denominator.

2 1 5 2
Example 1: , , , 𝑎𝑛𝑑 1
5 4 3 3

Example 2: In a class of of 40 students, 23 are girls. We can name the part of the class that are girls
23
as .
40

How to convert fraction to decimal?

To convert a fraction to decimal, starting with the units’ digit of the numerator, count off to the left
the number of zeros in the denominator.

 Place the decimal point to the left of the last digit counted.
 Add zeros if there are not enough digits to the left of the numerator.
 Let go of the denominator.

Example:

27
 Convert to decimal number.
1000

= 0.027

2
 Convert to decimal number.
5

2÷ 5 = 0.4
How to convert fraction to percent?

 To convert fraction to percent, start with dividing the numerator to its denominator.
 Perform the conversion of decimal to percent by moving the decimal to the right side by two places
or multiply the decimal by 100.

Examples:

1
1. =0.25=25 %
4

4
2. =0.8=80 %
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Decimals

Place Values, Including Decimal Fractions

A decimal or decimal fraction is a proper fraction with denominator in multiples of 10 (10,100,1000, etc.)

How to convert decimal to fraction?

 To convert a decimal to fraction, the numerator is the number without the decimal point and the
denominator is 1 followed by the number of zeros in the decimal places.

Example:

Convert 0.16 into a fraction in lowest form.

16
¿
100
 16 ÷ 4
¿
100÷ 4
4
¿
25

How to convert decimal to percent?

 To convert decimal to percent, multiply the decimal by 100%. This is equivalent to moving the
decimal point two places to the right and appending the % sign.

Example:
1. 0.35 = 0.35 x 100% = 35%
2. 0.175 = 0.175 x 100% = 17.5%
3. 1.2 = 1.2 x 100% = 120%

Percent

A percent which means “per hundred” is a representation of a fraction whose denominator is 100.
Thus, expressing a number in percent is like comparing it with100.

Examples:

25 88 3
25 %= 88 %= 3 %=
100 100 100

How to convert percent to fraction?

 To convert percent to fraction, we put the percentage number over a denominator of 100, and reduce
to lowest terms.

Examples:
14 14 ÷2 7
1. 14 %= = =
100 100÷ 2 50

125 125 ÷ 5 5 1
2. 125 %= = = =1
100 100 ÷ 5 4 4

0.5 125 × 10 5 5 ÷5 1
3. 0.5 %= = = = =
100 100 × 10 1000 1000 ÷5 200
How to convert percent to decimal?

 To convert percent to decimal, divide the percent by 100%. This is equivalent to moving the decimal
point two places to the left and dropping off the % sign.

Examples:
1. 75% = .75
2. 1.468% = .01468
3. 239% = 2.39

How to compute a percent of a number?

To compute the percent of a number, convert the percent into a decimal number by moving the
decimal point two places to the left and then multiply this decimal number to the given number.

Examples:

1. Find 30% of 390.

Solution:
30% = 0.30
0.30 x 390 = 117
Therefore, 30% of 390 is 117.

2. What percent of 50 is 20?

Solution:
20 2
= =¿0.40 = 40%
50 5
Therefore, 20 is 40% of 50.

3. In a class of 40 students, 15% got a grade of A. How many students got an A?

Solution:
15% of 40 = 0.15 x 40 = 6 students got a grade of A