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Bag of M&M’s Decimal Percent

Color Fraction (hundredth) (hundredth)

Yellow 18 .33 32.73% 55

Red 10 .18 18.18% 55

Blue 9 .16 16.36% 55Orange 7 .13 12.73%

55Brown 6 .11 10.91%

55Green 5 .09 9.09% 55Total 55 1.00 100.00% 55 = 1

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Converting Decimals to Percents & Percents to Decimals

.75 75%

35%.35

5500%

2.5 250%

Move decimal point 2 places to the right, add zeros if necessary

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Rounding Percents

513

.384615

38.46%

38.4615%

13 5.000000 =

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Converting Percents to Decimals

.8%

.8

.00.8

.008

Drop the percent symbol and move the decimal point 2 places to the left.

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Converting Fraction Percents to Decimals

1 %2

.50%

.00.50

.0050

2 1.00 =

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Converting Fractions to Percents

110

.10

.10.

10%

10 1.00 =

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Converting a Whole Percent to a Fraction

76%

76 x 1 100

76100

19 25

Reduce

to lowest

term

s

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Converting a Mixed or Decimal Percent to a Fraction

32.5% 65 x 1 = 65 2 100 200

1 2

13 100

Reduce to lowest term

s

32