How do you convert 4/25 into a decimal and percent?
Decimal: ##0.16##
Percent: ##16%##
Let’s first convert it to decimal.
We have ##4/25##
Now you can divide that by hand and you would get 0.16, but there is a faster way.
If we multiply both numerator and denominator with 4 we get:
##4/25 * 4/4 = 16/100##
And when you have something divided by a 100, the only thing you need to do is move two places to the left and you’ll get your answer.
Examples:
##55/100=0.55##
##3/100=0.03##
##18/100=0.18##
and so on.
So in our case we used a trick of making our denominator a hundred so we could easily calculate the fraction.
##16/100=0.16##
And now let’s convert to percentages.
To convert a number to percents, all you need to do is multiply it with 100%.
Examples:
##0.55## in percent is ##55%##
##1/2## in percent is ##50%##
##5## in percent is ##500%##
So in our case
##16/100 * 100% = 16%##