The number per cent is called the rate per cent.
Table of Additional Values
| Symbol | Decimal | Common Fraction | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1% | = | .01 | = | 1⁄100 | |||
| 2% | = | .02 | = | 2⁄100 | = | 1⁄50 | |
| 3% | = | .03 | = | 3⁄100 | |||
| 4% | = | .04 | = | 4⁄100 | = | 1⁄25 | |
| 5% | = | .05 | = | 5⁄100 | = | 1⁄20 | |
| 6% | = | .06 | = | 6⁄100 | = | 3⁄50 | |
| 7% | = | .07 | = | 7⁄100 | |||
| 8% | = | .08 | = | 8⁄100 | = | 2⁄25 | |
| 9% | = | .09 | = | 9⁄100 | |||
| 10% | = | .10 | = | 10⁄100 | = | 1⁄10 | |
| 20% | = | .20 | = | 20⁄100 | = | 1⁄5 | |
| 25% | = | .25 | = | 25⁄100 | = | 1⁄4 | |
| 50% | = | .50 | = | 50⁄100 | = | 1⁄2 | |
| 100% | = | 1 | .00 | = | 100⁄100 | = | 1 |
Here are a few others that should be learned:—
| 61⁄4% | = | 1⁄16 of 100% | 162⁄3% | = | 1⁄6 of 100% |
| 81⁄2% | = | 1⁄12 of 100% | 331⁄3% | = | 1⁄3 of 100% |
| 121⁄2% | = | 1⁄8 of 100% | 662⁄3% | = | 2⁄3 of 100% |
A Decimal as Per Cent
Write the decimal as hundredths, and the number expressing the number of hundredths is the per cent.
Examples:
| .4 | = | .40 | = | 40100 | = | 40% |
| .8 | = | .80 | = | 80100 | = | 80% |
| .25 | = | 25100 | = | 25% | |
| .33 | 1⁄3 | = | 331⁄3100 | = | 331⁄3% |
| .50 | = | 50100 | = | 50% | |
| .87 | 1⁄2 | = | 871⁄2100 | = | 871⁄2% |