How do you turn a percent into a decimal

Question

Please help I am really not good at math and I will have another question after this

Answer 1

Hi! Once you know how to turn a percentage into a decimal, you will find that it is one of the easiest things you will ever do when it comes to math!

 

Every number is assumed to have a decimal point at the end if the decimal point is not already shown. For example, let's look at this:

 

57.354% (Decimal point shown)

50% (The decimal point is not shown, therefore you assume the decimal point is at the end of the number.)

 

To turn the percentage into a decimal, you always move the decimal point two digits to the left. Then, you remove the percentage sign because the number is no longer a percentage. Continuing with the example above, the result would be:

 

57.354% becomes .57354

50% becomes .50

 

But what if the percentage only has one digit? You will always move the decimal point two digits to the left, even if there is only one digit. When you move the decimal point left and there is not another digit to place the decimal point in front of, you must place a 0 before the existing digit so that you can move the decimal point. For example, let's look at this:

 

5% becomes .05 (The decimal point was assumed to be at the end of the 5. There was not another digit before the 5, so you placed a 0 before it so that you could move the decimal point two digits to the left.)

 

I hope this helps! 

 

Answer 2

Another way is enter the percent into your calculator and divide by 100. Then you will get the decimal format. For example, you want to convert 6.5% into a decimal. Enter 6.5 in the calculator and then divide by 100, The answer will be .065! There, that was easy.