Write 50% as a simplified fraction and decimal.
1/2; 0.5
50% = 50/100 = 1/2; divide by 100 for 0.5.
Day 053Percents Fractions and Decimals
Standards 6.RP.A.3c
LEARNING TARGET
I can connect a percent with a fraction out of 100 and a decimal.
01 · LEARN
Build the idea
Percent means per 100. Write p% as p/100, simplify the fraction, and divide by 100 to write a decimal. To turn a decimal into a percent, multiply by 100.
Write 125% as a simplified fraction and decimal. Explain why the decimal can be greater than 1.
5/4; 1.25
125% = 125/100 = 5/4; divide by 100 for 1.25.
02 · PRACTICE
Your turn
Work in order. Start with the foundations, then build toward explanation and application.
Write 10% as a simplified fraction and decimal.
Write 25% as a simplified fraction and decimal.
Write 50% as a simplified fraction and decimal.
Write 20% as a simplified fraction and decimal.
Write 12% as a simplified fraction and decimal.
Write 60% as a simplified fraction and decimal.
Write 40% as a simplified fraction and decimal.
Write 125% as a simplified fraction and decimal. Explain why the decimal can be greater than 1.
Write 75% as a simplified fraction and decimal.
Write 5% as a simplified fraction and decimal.
03 · CHECK
Answers and reasoning
Reveal the teacher answer key
- 1/10; 0.1
10% = 10/100 = 1/10; divide by 100 for 0.1.
- 1/4; 0.25
25% = 25/100 = 1/4; divide by 100 for 0.25.
- 1/2; 0.5
50% = 50/100 = 1/2; divide by 100 for 0.5.
- 1/5; 0.2
20% = 20/100 = 1/5; divide by 100 for 0.2.
- 3/25; 0.12
12% = 12/100 = 3/25; divide by 100 for 0.12.
- 3/5; 0.6
60% = 60/100 = 3/5; divide by 100 for 0.6.
- 2/5; 0.4
40% = 40/100 = 2/5; divide by 100 for 0.4.
- 5/4; 1.25
125% = 125/100 = 5/4; divide by 100 for 1.25.
- 3/4; 0.75
75% = 75/100 = 3/4; divide by 100 for 0.75.
- 1/20; 0.05
5% = 5/100 = 1/20; divide by 100 for 0.05.