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To convert a fraction to a percent, first convert it to a decimal, and then convert the decimal to a
percent.
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Example 178. Convert 40 to a percent.
Solution. Performing the division 1 ÷ 40, we obtain 0.025 (verify this – it is quite similar to the last
example). Then, we convert 0.025 to a percent by multiplying by 100 (equivalently, by moving the
decimal point two places to the right). We obtain
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=2.5%.
40

4.11.1 Exercises

Convert the following percents to decimals.

1. 43%

2. 608%

3. 56.04%
4. 4.09%

Convert the following decimals to percents.

5. 14.09

6. 0.00679

7. 1.384

8. 0.384

Convert the following decimals or percents to fractions (or mixed numbers) in lowest terms.
9. 44%

10. 2%

11. 0.15

12. 0.25

13. 40%

14. 5%

15. 98%
16. 7.2%

17. 18%

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