Writing Percentage as Fractions & Decimals

Practice Example
 Writing Percentage as Fractions

Example 1:

Write 88% as a fraction in simplest form.

Write the percent as a fraction with a

88% = 88 denominator of 100.
100
= 22 Simplify.
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 Example 2

Write 45% as a fraction in simplest form.

45% = 45 Write the percent as a fraction with a

100 denominator of 100.

= 9 Simplify.
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 Writing Percentage as Decimals
Example 1:

Write 51% as a decimal.

51% = 51 Write the percent as a fraction with a

100 denominator of 100.

= 0.51 Write the fraction as a decimal.

 Example 2

Write 67% as a decimal.

67% = 67
Write the percent as a fraction with a
100 denominator of 100.

= 0.67 Write the fraction as a decimal.