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How Do You Turn a Percent into a Decimal?

Convert percentages like 5%, 24%, 115% and 15.7% into decimals

Summary

  1. Any percent can also be represented as a decimal
  2. For whole numbers, the decimal comes right after the number
  3. Move the decimal two places to the left
  4. 5%=0.05
  5. 24%=0.24
  6. 115%=1.15
  7. 15.7%=0.157

Notes

    1. Any percent can also be represented as a decimal
    1. 5 is actually the same as 5.0, but we just don't usually write it that way
    1. We use a 0 as a placeholder
    1. 5% = 0.05
    1. 24 is actually the same as 24.0, but we just don't usually write it that way
    1. 24% = 0.24
    1. 115 is actually the same as 115.0, but we just don't usually write it that way
    1. 115% = 1.15
    1. 15.7% = 0.157