Percents as Fractions and Decimals

Percent is a ratio out of 100

25 % =    $\frac{25}{100}$  

Put the Percent in the numerator of a fraction. 

You can simplify the fraction too!

 $\frac{25}{100}\ \ \ =\ \ \frac{1}{4}$  

Percent is a ratio out of 100

25% =   $\frac{25}{100}$  

Twenty-five hundredths or  0.25

Percent is a ratio out of 100

8% =   $\frac{8}{100}$  

Eight hundredths or  0.08

Percent is a ratio out of 100

3.5% =   $\frac{3.5}{100}$  

Three and half hundredths or thirty-five thousandths or  0.035

Remember a percent has a denominator of 100.

Make an equivalent fraction by multiplying or dividing and so the denominator is 100.

Fractions can also be division problems

So divide numerator by denominator

Look at the digits up to the hundredths place to find the percent