To write a percent as a decimal, move the decimal point two places to the left and remove the percent symbol.
0.25
Fractions, decimals, and percents are three ways to show parts of a whole. We want to write the given percent as a decimal.
25.5 %
Notice that there are repeating digits at the end of our percent. Let's rewrite the percent without using the bar notation!
25.5 % ⇔ 25.555... %
To write a percent as a decimal, we ignore the percent symbol and move the decimal point two places to the left.
The decimal corresponding to 25.5 % is a repeating decimal. We can rewrite the decimal using the bar notation.
0.25555... ⇔ 0.25
