CHANGING FRACTIONS TO DECIMALS

AND PERCENT AND VICE VERSA

Lesson Objectives

At the end of this lesson, the students should be able to:

1. express fractions to decimals;
2. convert fractions to percent;
3. change decimals to fractions;
4. express decimals to percent;
5. convert percent to decimals;
6. change percent to fractions; and
7. apply knowledge of conversion to business problems.
Converting Fractions to Decimal
To reduce fractions into decimal,
we simply perform division.

If we want to change into decimal, we divide 3 by 4:

.75
Therefore, -=280.75
4 3.00
20
- 20
0
Converting Fractions to Percent
To convert fractions into percent,
we change the fractions into decimal
(by performing division),
and move the decimal point
two places to the right,
then affix the percent symbol (%).
 Converting Fractions to Percent
Examples:

1.

2.
Converting Decimals to Fraction
To change decimals to fraction,
we convert a decimal into a fraction
with a denominator in multiples of 10
(10, 100, 1000, etc.)
and reduce the said fraction
into lowest terms.
Converting Decimals to Fraction
Example:
1. 0.75 = 0.75 has two decimal places.
= Our denominator has to have
= two zeroes; hence 100.

2. 0.375 =
0.375 has three decimal =
places. Our denominator =
should have three zeros;
hence, 1,000.
 Converting Decimals to Percent
To convert decimals to percent,
we move the decimal point
two places to the right
and affix the percent sign (%).

Example: 1. 0.75 = 75%

2. 1.25 = 125%
Converting Percent to Decimals
To convert percent to decimal,
we move the decimal point
two places to the left
and we drop the percent sign (%).
This is exactly the opposite of what we did
when we converted decimals to percent.
 Converting Percent to Decimals
Examples:

1. 45% = 0.45
2. 3% = 0.03
3. 23.56% = 0.2356
4. 100% = 1
Converting Percent to Fraction

To convert percent to fraction,

we first change percent to decimal,
then change the decimal to fraction
and reduce to lowest terms.
 Converting Percent to Fraction
Examples:
1. 14% = 0.14 = =
2. .5% = 0.005 = =
3. 125% = 1.25 = = =
4. 50% = 0.50 = =
ACTIVITY NO. 2.3
1. Change to percent
2. Change 1.75 to fraction
3. Change 0.258 to percent
4. Change 6.34% to decimal
5. Change 85% to fraction