6.1 Understand percent  (Page 2/6)

The previous example shows that a percent    can be greater than $1.$ We saw that $\text{125\%}$ means $\frac{125}{100},$ or $\frac{5}{4}.$ These are improper fractions, and their values are greater than one.

In Decimals , we learned how to convert fractions to decimals. To convert a percent to a decimal, we first convert it to a fraction and then change the fraction to a decimal.

Let's summarize the results from the previous examples in [link] , and look for a pattern we could use to quickly convert a percent number to a decimal number.

Do you see the pattern?

To convert a percent    number to a decimal number, we move the decimal point two places to the left and remove the $\%$ sign. (Sometimes the decimal point does not appear in the percent number, but just like we can think of the integer $6$ as $6.0,$ we can think of $\text{6\%}$ as $\text{6.0\%}.$ ) Notice that we may need to add zeros in front of the number when moving the decimal to the left.

[link] uses the percents in [link] and shows visually how to convert them to decimals by moving the decimal point two places to the left.