Changing from fractions to decimals to %

Nikki111

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Code:
+----------+---------+------------+
| Fraction | Decimal | Percentage |
+----------+---------+------------+
| 8/1000   |  0.008  |            |
+----------+---------+------------+
|          |         |   6 ¼%     |
+----------+---------+------------+
|  11/22   |         |            |
+----------+---------+------------+
This is a table i have to fill and I am not quite sure what i am doing thanks for your help! :)
 
Nikki111 said:
Fraction Decimal Percentage
8/1000 .008
6 ¼%
11/22


This is a table i have to fill and I am not quite sure what i am doing thanks for your help! :)

For your first one... 8/1000 as a fraction is .008 in decimal form...if 1.0 = 100%, 0.8 = 80%, and .08 = 8% what would .008 be?

6 + 1/4: = (6 + 0.25) = 6.25 Let me give you a hint on the percentage. 1 penny is 1% of a dollar, (100 pennies). What percent is 6.25 pennies?

11/22: How many times does 22 go into 11? 22 goes into 11, 0.5 times.... which is our decimal form. What is 0.5 as a percent? would it be 5% or 50%?

:)
 
well.. for your first one... 8/1000 as a fraction is .008 in decimal form... now if 1.0 = 100% 0.8 = 80% and .08 = 8% what would .008 be? Is it .8%?

6 + 1/4 would be (6 + 0.25) = 6.25 now you should be able to figure this out on your own. Let me give you a hint. 1 penny is 1% of a dollar. what percent is 6.25 pennies? 6 1/4 is the percent it just didnt post right so i didnt know if that would still transform into 6.25 as the decimal?

11/22 how many times does 22 go into 11? what is 11 * 2 ? 22 goes into 11, 0.5 times.... which is our decimal form. what is 0.5 as a percent? would it be 5% or 50% ? It would be 50%
 
Yup. You got it!


Ok, so for 6.25% your decimal would be (6.25/100) which would be .0625 makes sense right? because 6% = 0.06 and 0.25% = 0.0025





NOW...To make 6.25% into a fraction we want to divide (6+(1/4)) / 100

to add fractions we need a common denominator, so we multiply: ( (6/1) + (1/4) ) = ( (6*4)+(1*1) ) / (1*4) = (25/4)

now (25/4) / 100 we would multiply by the reciprocal (flip the second fraction around... so 100/1 would be 1/100), thus getting rid of the division, so we can multiply:

(25/4) * (1/100) would give us (25*1) / (4*100) = 25/400 which can be reduced to (1/16)





So we can conclude from our arithmetic, that 6.25% is equivalent to a fraction form of (1/16) = 0.0625
 
Thanks i just want to make sure i am understanding this one

ok if oyu have 6 1/4%
your decimal is 6.25
and your fraction is?
6 25/100???? :?
 
Nikki111 said:
Thanks i just want to make sure i am understanding this one

ok if oyu have 6 1/4%
your decimal is 6.25
and your fraction is?
6 25/100???? :?

Sorry for the delay: Please check my edited post above :)
 
:lol: WOAH thanks so much i had no idea how to do that, makes sense though! Thanks a lot!
 
Nikki111 said:
:lol: WOAH thanks so much i had no idea how to do that, makes sense though! Thanks a lot!

make sure you re-read my post again: I was making a bunch of mistakes...which I fixed.
 
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