Algebra 1 : How to find decimal equivalent to a percentage
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Example Question #1 :How To Find Decimal Equivalent To A Percentage
Which of the following numbers is the decimal equivalent of 80%?
0.008
0.08
0.8
8
80
0.8
80%可以被认为是80%的。东西也refer to numbers out of 100, thus, our decimal can be calculated by taking 80/100. This would result in 8/10 after simplifying, which is equivalent to 0.8.
80% = 80/100 = 8/10 = "eight tenths," or 0.8
Example Question #2 :How To Find Decimal Equivalent To A Percentage
Express 32% in decimal form.
To express a percentage as a decimal, imagine a decimal at the end of the percentage
Example Question #1 :How To Find Decimal Equivalent To A Percentage
What is the simplest fraction that represents 88%?
The word percent, or per cent, meansof every one hundred, so 88% can be expressed:
Example Question #4 :How To Find Decimal Equivalent To A Percentage
Andre borrows $80 from you. If he pays you back 40% of that money, how much money is he giving you?
To find 40% of $80, you must turn 40% into a decimal.
Example Question #5 :How To Find Decimal Equivalent To A Percentage
Convert 74% to a decimal.
The decimal in 74% is located between the 4 and the '%'. So think of 74% as 74.0%. Then move that decimal point two digits to the left and erase the '%' so that it is written as 0.74
Example Question #6 :How To Find Decimal Equivalent To A Percentage
Fill in the missing information.
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We could also use the other term given to find our answer. Decimals are found from percentages by moving the decimal point two places to the left. Given
Example Question #7 :How To Find Decimal Equivalent To A Percentage
Fill in the missing information.
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We could also use the other term given to find our answer. Decimals are found from percentages by moving the decimal point two places to the left. Given
Example Question #8 :How To Find Decimal Equivalent To A Percentage
Solve the problem and convert the answer to a percentage.
Alternatively, we would have converted the decimals to percetages from the beginnging.
Example Question #9 :How To Find Decimal Equivalent To A Percentage
Convert this percentage to a decimal.
Given the percentage
This decimal can further be written as fraction,
Since percentages represent part of a whole, or part of 100,
Example Question #10 :How To Find Decimal Equivalent To A Percentage
Convert the answer to a decimal.
First we must solve the problem:
Now to convert the percentage to a decimal all we do is move the decimal point two decimal places to the left. In this case, we began with
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