Lesson 4.2 Fractions, Decimals and

Percents

Fractions15/20 = 0.7545/60 = 0.7575/100 = 0.75¾ = 0.75

Converting to decimals - Use calculatorSo 15 divided by 20

Converting fractions to decimals

0.75 is the same as 75/100

Decimals to fractions

0.75 to percent is the same as multiplying 0.75 times 100

Or make 0.75 into a fraction out of a 100eg 75/100

Decimals to percent

Fraction Decimal Percent

130/100 or 13/10Improper fraction

2/1000 or 1/500

Fraction In 1/1000

875/10000Or

35/400or

7/80

1.3Decimal more than

one

0.002Decimal less than

0.01

0.0875

Whole number fractional

130%For percents greater than 100

0.2%Percent less than 1

8 ¾% or

8.75/100

Conversion examples for percents more than 100,less than one and involving fractions