Convert 27% to:

a fraction and a decimal:

Decimal Conversion

A percentage is a number expressed in terms of it's relation to 100.

It is a number divided by 100.
We need to get to our original number.

Multiply our percentage by 100

This is the same as moving the decimal point to the right 2 places.

The first move to the right gives us 270.
The second decimal place move gives us 27

Fraction Conversion

Percentage  =  27
  100

27 and 100 cannot be reduced down any more.

Our fraction answer is 27/100

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