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Decimals & Fractions Examples
To change a decimal to a fraction: ÷5
On a calculator press:
use the place value of the last digit 0.85 = 85 = 17
100 20 b 100 =
85 a
÷5 c
hundredths
To change a fraction to a decimal: 4 =4¸5=0.8
divide the top by the bottom 5
Fractions, Decimals & % Examples
To write a % as a fraction or 64% = 64 ¸ 100 = 0.64 On a calculator press:
decimal, divide by 100 64 16
64% = 100 =25 64 a b
c 100 =
To write a decimal or fraction as a 0.125 = 0.125 ´ 100 = 12.5%
% multiply by 100 2 = 2 ´ 100 (i.e. 2 of 100)
5 5 5
or 2 a c 5 ´100=40%
2¸5´100=40% b
Some to try:
1 Write these decimals as fractions:
0.3 = 0.5 = 0.6 = 0.02 =
0.05 = 0.25 = 0.36 = 0.125 =
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2 Write these fractions as decimals:
7 = 1 = 2 = 3 =
10 5 5 4
7 = 2 = 9 = 7 =
8 3 20 25
3 Write these percentages as decimals:
3% = 30% = 25% = 80% =
8% = 12% = 67% = 17.5% =
4 Write these percentages as fractions :
20% = 75% = 5% = 30% =
40% = 15% = 24% = 35%
=
5 Write these decimals as percentages:
0.25 = 0.5 = 0.7 = 0.07 =
0.45 = 0.09 = 0.4 = 0.375 =
6 Write these fractions as percentages:
1 = 1 = 9 = 3 =
10 5 10 4
4 = 17 = 1 = 2 =
5 20 3 3
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Complete this table.
Fraction Decimal
1
10
1
5
3
10
2
5
1
2
3
5
7
10
4
5
9
10
1
4
3
4
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Complete this table.
Decimal Fraction
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
0.25
0.75
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Draw a line from each decimal to the equivalent fraction.
1
0.1 5
0.2 1
3 10
5
0.3
2
0.4 5
7
0.5 10
0.6
9
1 1
0.7 2
10 4
0.8
3
0.9 4
0.25
4
3 5
0.75 10
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Complete this table.
% Decimal % Decimal
1% 10%
2% 20%
3% 30%
4% 40%
5% 50%
6% 60%
7% 70%
8% 80%
9% 90%
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Complete this table.
% Fraction % Fraction
1% 10%
2% 20%
3% 30%
4% 40%
5% 50%
6% 60%
7% 70%
8% 80%
9% 90%
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Complete this table.
Decimal % Decimal %
0.01
0.1
0.02
0.2
0.03
0.3
0.04
0.4
0.05
0.5
0.06
0.6
0.07
0.7
0.08
0.8
0.09
0.9
0.025
0.25
0.075
0.75
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Complete this table.
Fraction %
1
10
1
5
3
10
2
5
1
2
3
5
7
10
4
5
9
10
1
4
3
4
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Fill the gaps in the table:
Percentage Fraction Decimal
10%
0.2
3
10
40%
0.5
3
5
70%
0.8
9
10
25%
3
4
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Teacher Notes
Unit Foundation Level: Managing money & Making sense of data
Notes
Although questions that ask candidates to write a percentage as a decimal or fraction (or vice versa)
occur very frequently on the examination papers for these FSMQs, candidates often cannot do this.
For example the Examiner's Report on the January 2007 Making sense of data examination states that
in question 4 when candiates were asked to write 5%
as a fraction and as a decimal 'relatively few candidates obtained the fraction 5 , and of
5 1 100
those who did it was rare to see this fraction simplified from to to ' and 'it was
100 20
common to see 5% turned into the decimal 0.5 instead of 0.05.'
Pages 1 and 2 of this resource give a brief summary of the methods that students are likely
to use for conversions in a test (when they have access to a calculator) followed by a
practice exercise. Pages 3 to 10 provide a series of worksheets that can be used for frequent
reminders, possibly as session starters. They can also be used in discussions about the
patterns and links between the results.
The internet also provides a range of user- friendly resources to give practice in converting
between fractions,decimals and %. Some useful links are given below:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/fractiondecimalpercentage/comparing/comparing
all3/game.shtml
http://nrich.maths.org/public/viewer.php?obj_id=1249
http://nrich.maths.org/public/viewer.php?obj_id=2739
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/fractions/#Percentages
http://mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol4/challenge_vol4.html
http://www.active-
maths.co.uk/fractions/whiteboard/fracdec_index.html
Of course conversions from one form to another should be used as often as possible in real
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contexts. For example, writing sale offers such as ' 3 OFF' in terms of a % (or vice versa),
working out what a pay rise of 5% means in terms of a fraction or what a part-time
worker’s fractional salary expressed as a decimal is as a % of a full-time salary.
Answers
1
0.3 = 3 0.5 = 1 0.6 = 3 0.02 = 1
10 2 5 50
0.05 = 1 0.25 = 1 0.36 = 9 0.125 = 1
20 4 20 8
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2
7 = 0.7 1 = 0.2 2 = 0.4 3 =0.75
10 5 5 4
7 = 0.875 2 = 0.67 (2 dp) 9 = 0.45 7 = 0.28
8 3 20 25
3
3% = 0.03 30% = 0.3 25% = 0.25 80%= 0.8
8% = 0.08 12% = 0.12 67% = 0.67 17.5% = 0.175
20% = 1 75% = 3 5% = 1 30%= 3
5 4 20 10
40% = 2 15% = 3 24% = 6 35%= 7
5 20 25 20
5
0.25 = 25% 0.5 = 50% 0.7 = 70% 0.07 = 7%
0.45 = 45% 0.09 = 9% 0.4 = 40% 0.375 = 37.5%
1 = 10% 1 = 20% 9 = 90% 3 =75%
10 5 10 4
4 = 80% 17 = 85% 1 = 33.3% (1 dp) 2 =66.7% (1 dp)
5 20 3 3
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Fraction Decimal
1 0.1
10
1 0.2
5
3 0.3
10
2 0.4
5
1 0.5
2
3 0.6
5
7 0.7
10
4 0.8
5
9 0.9
10
1 0.25
4
3 0.75
4
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Decimal Fraction
0.1 1
10
0.2 1
5
0.3 3
10
0.4 2
5
0.5 1
2
0.6 3
5
0.7 7
10
0.8 4
5
0.9 9
10
0.25 1
4
0.75 3
4
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1
0.1 5
0.2 1
3 10
5
0.3
2
0.4 5
7
0.5 10
0.6
1 9 1
0.7 2
10 4
0.8
3
0.9 4
0.25
4
3 5
0.75 10
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% Decimal % Decimal
1% 0.01 10% 0.1
2% 0.02 20% 0.2
3% 0.03 30% 0.3
4% 0.04 40% 0.4
5% 0.05 50% 0.5
6% 0.06 60% 0.6
7% 0.07 70% 0.7
8% 0.08 80% 0.8
9% 0.09 90% 0.9
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% Fraction % Fraction
1% 1 10% 1
100 10
2% 1 20% 1
50 5
3% 3 30% 3
100 10
4% 1 40% 2
25 5
5% 1 50% 1
20 2
6% 3 60% 3
50 5
7% 7 70% 7
100 10
8% 2 80% 4
25 5
9% 9 90% 9
100 10
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Decimal % Decimal %
0.1 10% 0.01 1%
0.2 20% 0.02 2%
0.3 30% 0.03 3%
0.4 40% 0.04 4%
0.5 50% 0.05 5%
0.6 60% 0.06 6%
0.7 70% 0.07 7%
0.8 80% 0.08 8%
0.9 90% 0.09 9%
0.25 25% 0.025 2.5%
0.75 75% 0.075 7.5%
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Fraction %
1 10%
10
1 20%
5
3 30%
10
2 40%
5
1 50%
2
3 60%
5
7 70%
10
4 80%
5
9 90%
10
1 25%
4
3 75%
4
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Percentage Fraction Decimal
10% 1 0.1
10
20% 1 0.2
5
30% 3 0.3
10
40% 2 0.4
5
50% 1 0.5
2
60% 3 0.6
5
70% 7 0.7
10
80% 4 0.8
5
90% 9 0.9
10
25% 1 0.25
4
75% 3 0.75
4
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