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Fractions, Decimals, and Percents

Mo. 6

Lesson 5
Let’s Begin

KEY CONCEPTS:
1. Express percents as fractions. Percents as Fractions
2. Express fractions as percents.
3. Express percents as decimals.
4. Express decimals as percents Examples

Express 40% as a fraction in simplest form.

40
MO. 6 - L5a 40% =
100
Converting Percents to = 40

Fractions 100
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Answer
Vocabulary A-Z 5

Let us learn some vocabulary Express 104% as a fraction in simplest form.

140
140% =
100
Percent 26 1
= or 1
A percent is a ratio that compares a number to 100. 25 25
26 1
Answer or 1
25 25

Express 0.3% as a fraction in simplest form.
0.3
0.3% =
10
100 Multiply by to
0.3 10 eliminate 10
= • the decimal in the
100 10
numerator
3
=
1000

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Answer
1000

1
Express 56 % as a fraction in simplest form.
4
75 out of 100 squares are shaded so it is 75%
1
56
1 4
56 % =
4 100
1
56 ÷ 100
4

9
Answer
16

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