UNDERSTANDING

PERCENT
PERCENT

A notation based on 100, which makes it very

convenient for use in business and industry.
A fraction whose denominator is exactly 100.
Example:

CHANGING DECIMAL TO PERCENT

Given Meaning To change decimal to percent, follow these steps.
15 -change the decimal to a fraction with a denominator of 100
15% -change the fraction to percent by replacing per hundred by the % sign.
100
5.4% 93
100 Example:
1 1
% 2
2 100 1. 0.36
93 93% 2. 4.8
100
0.025 0.025% 3. 0.004
100
2 2 4.
3 %
100 3 5
0.7
6
CHANGING FRACTIONS TO PERCENT
To change fractions to percent, first change the fraction to decimal, and then change the decimal, and then
change the decimal to percent.

Example:
3 7
1. 2.
8 16

CHANGING PERCENT TO DECIMAL

To change percent to decimal, replace the percent by a fraction bar over a denominator of 100. Then, simply
divide by 100, which means that all you have to do is to move the decimal point two places to the left.

Example: 1. 37% 2. 7
47 %
8
CHANGING PERCENT TO FRACTION
To change percent to fraction, replace the percent sign by a denominator of 100 and reduce the
fraction to lowest term.

1
Example: 1. 34% 2. 9 %
2
PERCENTAGE PROBLEMS

Basic Formula
P = BR R = P/B B = P/R
where P = percentage
B = base
R = rate
 Examples:

1. Forty-seven percent of the people in a town are adults. How many adults are
there if there are 14 500 people?
2. If a woman saved Php 5 000 from her monthly income of Php 12 500, what
percent of her income did she save?
3. How much money would have to be invested at 5% to earn Php 1 000 a year?
4. Mrs. Omeping buys a stereo for Php 3 800. The sales tax is 6%. How much
sales tax does she have to pay?
5. Lourdes scored 23 out of 30 on mathematics test. What percent score is this?