Percentages To Fractions And Decimals Worksheet

Lesson 1

Problem: Convert the percentage to a fraction and reduce to its lowest terms.

Convert the percentage to a decimal.

50%

Solution Turn the percentage to fraction and simplify to the lowest terms i.e.

Step 1:

50% = 50 = 1

100 2

Solution Turn the percentage into a decimal by dividing by 100 i.e.

Step 2:

50% ¸ 100 = .50

Solution The answer is:

Step 3: Fraction: ½

Complete Decimal: .50

Try two practice problems:

Convert the percentage to a fraction and reduce to its lowest terms.

Convert the percentage to a decimal.

Decimal Fraction (simplify) Percent

A. 45% _______________ ______

B. 70% ________________ ______