Convert 50% 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 500.
The second decimal place move gives us 50

Fraction Conversion

Percentage  =  50
  100

Using our Greatest Common Factor (GCF) (50, 100) = 50

Reducing the numerator and denominator of 50/100 by our GCF of 50,
we get the following reduced fraction:

Fraction = 1/2

Calculate the decimal of the percentage