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6th grade
Course: 6th grade > Unit 3
Lesson 4: Equivalent representations of percent problems- Fraction, decimal, and percent from visual model
- Converting percents to decimals & fractions example
- Percent of a whole number
- Ways to rewrite a percentage
- Converting between percents, fractions, & decimals
- Equivalent representations of percent problems
- Finding common percentages
- Benchmark percents
- Converting percents and fractions review
- Converting decimals and percents review
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Converting decimals and percents review
Review writing decimals as percents and percents as decimals. Then, try some practice problems.
What does percent mean?
Percent means 'per hundred.' So, we can replace a percent sign with 'per hundred.'
Example:
Writing percents as decimals
To write a percent as a decimal, we divide the percent by .
Example 1
Let's convert to a decimal:
Example 2
Let's convert to a decimal:
Want to learn more about writing percents as decimals? Check out this video.
Practice
Want to try more problems like this? Check out this exercise.
Writing decimals as percents
To write a decimal as a percent, we multiply the decimal by .
Example 1
Let's convert to a percent:
Example 2
Let's convert to a percent:
Want to learn more about writing decimals as percents? Check out this video.
Practice
Want to try more problems like this? Check out this exercise.
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