Bridges Between Fractions,

Decimals, and Percentages

Objectives:
1.) Change a FRACTION to a decimal or
percentage whenever you want to.
2.) Change a DECIMAL to a fraction or a
percentage whenever you want to.
3.) Change a PERCENTAGE to a decimal or a
fraction whenever you want to.
 Recall
• Whole- 1
When the parts included is the same as the
amount of pieces the whole is divided into.

When the numerator is the same as the

denominator.
 Changing a fraction to a decimal
• A test score is 1 .
50

– Did you get the whole thing? 100%?

No. What is the decimal?

Area between 0 and 1

FRACTIONS are quotients; DIVISON
• To change FRACTIONS to decimals, divide..

TOP DOG IN THE HOUSE

1
50
 FRACTIONS to DECIMALS to PERCENTS

• To change FRACTIONS to PERCENTS

– Change to a decimal and shift the decimal two to
the right.
– Why?

1
Consider 50
Fraction Decimal Percent

1
50
.02 02
2%
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Fraction Decimal Percentage

24
98
1
5
18
20
 DECIMALS to FRACTIONS
• To change DECIMALS to FRACTIONS, read it
and SIMPLIFY.
• To change DECIMALS to PERCENTS, shift the
decimal point two spots to the right.
Decimal Fraction Percent

. 02
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Decimals
.001 Fractions Percentage

1.25
2.05
 PERCENTS to decimals
To change PERCENTS to DECIMALS, shift to the left
two spots.

To change PERCENTS to FRACTIONS, put over one-

hundred and SIMPLIFY

Percents Decimal Fractions

2.5 %
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Percents
18% Decimals Fractions

2.5%
4.8%
 Summary
• To change FRACTIONS to decimals, divide..
• To change FRACTIONS to PERCENTS
– Change to a decimal and shift the decimal two to the right.
• To change DECIMALS to FRACTIONS, read it and
SIMPLIFY.
• To change DECIMALS to PERCENTS, shift the decimal
point two spots to the right.
• To change PERCENTS to DECIMALS, shift to the left two
spots.
• To change PERCENTS to FRACTIONS, put over one-
hundred and SIMPLIFY