F-D-P Conversions
Fractions to Decimals
Decimal to Fraction
To convert from a Fraction to a Decimal You divide! "Top dog gets the house"
Look at the decimal place value, say it, and write that as a
fraction.
Example:
Examples:
1.34 = "one and thirty four hundredths"
So, 8 goes "in the house"
0.002 = "two thousandths"
Now practice:
1.
Now you try!
1. 0.05
2.
2. 5.12
3.
Decimal to Percent
Percent to Decimal
To convert from a decimal to a percent You use DP (Dr. Pepper!)
 This is the same as multiplying by 100
To convert from a percent to a decimalYou use DP (Dr. Pepper!)
 This is the same as dividing by 100
You move the decimal two places to the right.
You move the decimal two places to the left.
Examples:
1. 1.3 = 130%
Examples:
1. 155% = 1.55
2. 0.021 = 2.1%
2. 0.27% = .0027
Now you try!
Name the equivalent percent:
1. 1.342
2. 0.0003
Name the equivalent decimal:
3. 5%
4. 38%
Fraction to Percent
Percent to Fraction
To convert from a percent to a fraction:
To convert from a fraction to a percent:
You first make the fraction a decimal and then make it a
percent! (for now, we'll discuss another way soon!)
Set the fractional value over 100 and simplify! (Because
percents are out of 100)
percent - PER CENT (parts of 100)
Examples:
Examples:
Another example:
-First multiply each part of the fraction by
(now simp)
Make the equivalent percent:
1.
2.
Make the equivalent fractions:
3. 45%
4. 0.5%