To write a percent as a fraction, write the number part as a numerator over 100. To write a percent as a decimal, move the decimal point two places to the left and remove the percent symbol.
Example Fraction: 7/100 Decimal: 0.07
Practice makes perfect
Fractions, decimals, and percents are three ways to show parts of a whole. We want to write a percent as a fraction and as a decimal. Let's do these things one at a time.
Fraction
To write a percent as a fraction, we write the number part of the numerator over 100.
7 %=7/100
This fraction cannot be simplified any further because 7 and 100 do not share any common factors. This means that 7 % expressed as a fraction is 7100.
Decimal
To write a percent as a decimal, we ignore the percent symbol and move the decimal point two places to the left.
