Understand Percent: example 6.10

Convert each decimal to a percent: ⓐ $1.05$ ⓑ $0.075$

Work it out on paper first. Then open the solution one step at a time, and stop as soon as you can finish on your own.

Your turn

The book's Try It right after this example: same idea, new numbers. Only the answer is given.

Convert each decimal to a percent: ⓐ $1.75$ ⓑ $0.0825$

How did it go?

ⓐ
	$0.05$
Write as a fraction.	$1 \frac{5}{100}$
Write as an improper fraction. The denominator is 100.	$\frac{105}{100}$
Write this ratio as a percent.	$105%$

ⓑ
	$0.075$
Write as a fraction. The denominator is 1,000.	$\frac{75}{1,000}$
Divide the numerator and denominator by 10, so that the denominator is 100.	$\frac{7.5}{100}$
Write this ratio as a percent.	$7.5%$