Practice
Name
11-2
Fractions, Decimals, and
Percents
Describe the shaded portion of each as a fraction, decimal, and
percent.
1.
2.
___
_
43
2
​ 
100  ​,  0.43, 43%​ 
4 ​, 0.5, 50%
Write each in two other ways.
3. 64% 4. 0.09 4    
7.​ ___
​
250
8. 0.023
12 ​ 
5.​ __
50
6. 37%
___
___
64  ​ 
9   ​ 
37
0.64, ___
​ 100
9%, ​ 100
24%, 0.24​ 
100  ​,  0.37
___
2.3  ​,  2.3%
0.016, 1.6%​ 
100 
The table at the right shows the number of states in the
United States at different times in history. There are currently
50 states in the United States. Use the information to answer
the questions.
9. In what year were there 0.5 as many states as today?
1836
10. What percent of the current number of states had joined
the United States by the year 1863?
Year
States
1792
15
1817
20
1836
25
1848
30
1863
35
1889
40
1896
45
1959
50
70%
11. In what year were there about _​ 23 ​as many states as in 1896?
1848
12. Which of the following is equivalent to 98%?
A 0.49
100  
B​ ___
​
98
C 0.98
49  ​ 
D ​ ___
100
13. Writing to Explain Explain how you would write _​ 56 ​as a percent.
Sample answer: I would use a proportion:
X   ​. 
​ _56 ​5 ___
​ 100
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