LESSON 5: NUMERICAL CHEATSHEET

Memorization Sheet for fractions, percentages, and decimals.

1. CONVERSION TABLE

Fraction Decimal Percent

1/2 0.5 50%
1/3 0.33 33.33%
1/4 0.25 25%
1/5 0.2 20%
1/6 0.166 16.66%
1/7 0.142 14.2%
1/8 0.125 12.5%
1/9 0.111 11.11%
1/10 0.1 10%

2. FRACTIONS AND DECIMALS

• Bigger denominator → smaller fraction

• A/B = A×1/B
• A/(1/B) = A×B
𝐴 𝐶
• Comparing Fractions: 𝑣𝑠 → 𝐴 × 𝐷 𝑣𝑠 𝐵 × 𝐶. If A×D is bigger, then
𝐵 𝐷
A/B is the bigger fraction!
• Decimal to percentage: multiply by 100
• Percentage to decimal: divide by 100

3. PERCENTAGES (PERCENT = PER 100 = VALUE/100)

• 10% and 1% building blocks: shift the decimal point one or two places to
the right, respectively
• 20% of 30 is 2×3=6; 25% of 40 is 2.5×4=10
• 35% of 20 = 20% of 35
• Reverse percentage for price reduction: Original price = new price /what’s
left
• Reverse % for price increase: Original price = new price /what was added

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