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Example Question #33 : Percents And Decimals

Convert the following percent to a decimal:

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Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To convert a percent into a decimal, divide the percent by 100 or move the decimal point 2 places to the left.

 or 68 hundredths.

Example Question #34 : Percents And Decimals

Convert the following percent to a decimal:

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Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To convert a percent to a decimal, divide the percent by 100 or move the decimal point two places to the left.

 

Example Question #31 : Percents And Decimals

One out of the three shirts I own is red. What percent of my shirts are not red? Round your final answer to the nearest tenth.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The question is in regards to the amount of non-red shirts. If one of the three shirts is red, then two are not red. We represent this as a fraction:

In order to convert it into a percent, we carry out the division and multiply the result by 100:

We want to round to the nearest tenth, which is the number directly to the right of the decimal point. The number in the next spot over, the hundredths place, is six, so we round the tenths spot up to seven. This gives us a final answer of 66.7%.

 

Example Question #31 : Percents And Decimals

What is  expressed as a decimal?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Percentages are numbers represented as parts of  therefore means  parts of . To get the corresponding decimal, we need to divide by  (which can be done by moving the decimal point two places to the left) and remove the percentage sign. Thus we obtain:

Our final answer is .

Example Question #1 : Changing A Fraction To Percent

If  students out of a class of  are wearing blue, what percentage of the class is NOT wearing blue?

Possible Answers:

 

 

 

 

 

Correct answer:

 

Explanation:

If  of the students are wearing blue then that means  of them are not wearing blue. Because,

Now to find the percentage we divide the number of students not wearing blue, by the total number of students in the class and then multiply by .

Thus,

Example Question #35 : Percents And Decimals

Convert   to a percentage.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The correct answer is 20%. This can be obtained by first converting the fraction  to a decimal and then multiplying by 100 to get a percentage.

 

Example Question #2 : Changing A Fraction To Percent

Change  to a percent.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To convert a fraction into a percent, we need to first change the fraction into a decimal.

Now, change the decimal into a percent by multiplying by 100 and adding a percent sign.

Add a percent sign

Example Question #41 : Percents And Decimals

What is  as a percent?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To change a fraction into a percent, you need to first change the fraction into a decimal.

Dividing 12 by 13 gives the following: 

Now, to change the decimal to a percent, start by multiplying the decimal by 100.

Then, just add a percent sign.

Example Question #1 : Changing A Fraction To Percent

What is  of ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Convert 1% to a fraction by dividing 100.  One percent is equivalent to:

Multiply this with two, and the answer is:

 

Example Question #3 : Changing A Fraction To Percent

Convert  to a percent. 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

A percentage can be written as a fraction with any positive whole number in the numerator and 100 in the denominator. To write the fraction as a percent, begin by writing both as fractions:

Cross-multiply to find the missing whole number. 

Divide the known value by the unknown to solve for x. 

 is  percent of , so the answer is .

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