Converting Between Decimals and Percentages

Vocabulary flashcards covering how to convert between decimals and percentages.

Percent

A number expressed as a part of 100; written with the symbol %; indicates how many per hundred.

Decimal

A number written with a decimal point representing parts of a whole; in this context, a decimal is the fractional form when expressing a percent as a decimal.

Percentage

Another term for percent; the value expressed as a portion per hundred (the word form of percent).

Hundredths

The place value representing parts of a hundred; the second digit to the right of the decimal point; 1% equals 0.01.

Convert decimal to percentage

Multiply the decimal by 100 and add a percent sign (e.g., 0.75 becomes 75%).

Convert percentage to decimal

Divide the percentage by 100 (or move the decimal point two places to the left) to express as a decimal (e.g., 75% becomes 0.75).

Percent means ‘out of 100’

A way of expressing a part of a whole as a fraction of 100.