Convert 5% 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 50.
The second decimal place move gives us 5
Fraction Conversion
| Percentage = | 5 |
| 100 |
Using our Greatest Common Factor (GCF) (5, 100) = 5
Reducing the numerator and denominator of 5/100 by our GCF of 5,
we get the following reduced fraction:
Fraction = 1/20