Write as a percent. Fractions, Decimals, and Percents COURSE 3 LESSON What you think I can write as an equivalent fraction with a denominator of =I can rewrite as 12% 4 Why it works = Multiply the numerator and denominator by = Simplify. = 12%Write the fraction as a percent
Write each decimal as a percent. Fractions, Decimals, and Percents COURSE 3 LESSON 6-1 a. 2.5 b = Write the decimal as a fraction.= = Write as an equivalent fraction with a denominator of 100. = 250%Write the fraction as a percent = 3 1,000 Write the decimal as a fraction. = 3 ÷ 10 1,000 ÷ 10 = Write as an equivalent fraction with a denominator of 100. = 0.3%Write the fraction as a percent. 6-1
In the 1996 presidential election, Bill Clinton received 379 out of the 538 electoral votes. What percent (rounded to the nearest hundredth of a percent) did he receive? Fractions, Decimals, and Percents COURSE 3 LESSON Write the fraction as a decimal Write the number of electoral votes Bill Clinton received as a fraction of the total number of electoral votes. Bill Clinton received 70.45% of the electoral votes in the 1996 presidential election. Check for reasonableness is about which is equal to 70%. This is close to 70.45%. The answer is reasonable = Move the decimal point two places to the right. Insert a percent sign. 6-1