Convert 6% to:
a fraction and a decimal:
Decimal Conversion
A percentage is a number expressed in terms of it's relation to 100.
It is a number divided by 100.
We need to get to our original number.
Multiply our percentage by 100
This is the same as moving the decimal point to the right 2 places.
The first move to the right gives us 60.
The second decimal place move gives us 6
Fraction Conversion
| Percentage = | 6 |
| 100 |
Using our Greatest Common Factor (GCF) (6, 100) = 2
Reducing the numerator and denominator of 6/100 by our GCF of 2,
we get the following reduced fraction:
Fraction = 3/50