PERCENTS, FRACTIONS, AND DECIMALS

Percents are all around us. Look at the ads in a newspaper and you will find percents advertised by places offering sales on their merchandise. Percents are a special way to express quantities based on hundredths.

Fractions may be expressed as percents by finding an equivalent fraction in hundredths and then writing the numerator as a percent.

Improper fractions may also be expressed as percents. Improper fractions convert to percents greater than 100.

To find small percents such as percents less than one, write the percent as hundredths and then divide to find the fraction or decimal that could be used in computations.

For every percent there is an equivalent fraction or decimal. Equivalent percents, fractions, and decimals provide a variety of ways to solve problems.

To begin, study the decimal squares and solve the problems given.