1. Changing Decimals to Percents
Lesson 6.5

2. Things to Know about Decimals and Percents…
Remember decimal place value
Percent means
hundredth
We can write a decimal as a percent .
tenths hundredths thousandths %

3. Changing Decimals to Percents
When changing decimals to percents…
Move decimal point two places to the right.
3) Write % sign %

4. More with Changing Decimals to Percents
.186  18.6 = 18.6% 
70. =
70%

5. Practice
Change the following decimals to percents: a) .29 b) 2.1 c) .432

6. Homework
p. 302 #5-8, 30-35