Decimal,,Fraction,,&Percentages..

Decimals, Fractions and Percentages

Decimals, Fractions and Percentages are just different ways of showing the same value:

A Half can be written...     As a fraction: 1/2 As a decimal: 0.5 As a percentage: 50%

A Quarter can be written...     As a fraction: 1/4 As a decimal: 0.25 As a percentage: 25%

Here, have a play with it yourself:

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Example Values

Here is a table of commonly occuring values shown in Percent, Decimal and Fraction form:

Percent	Decimal	Fraction
1%	0.01	1/100
5%	0.05	1/20
10%	0.1	1/10
12½%	0.125	1/8
20%	0.2	1/5
25%	0.25	1/4
331/3%	0.333...	1/3
50%	0.5	1/2
75%	0.75	3/4
80%	0.8	4/5
90%	0.9	9/10
99%	0.99	99/100
100%	1
125%	1.25	5/4
150%	1.5	3/2
200%	2