How do you convert 0.23 into a fraction and percent?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-08T03:35:56

Move the decimal two to the right, then place that number over 100. The numerator of this fraction is the percentage.

$0.23 = \frac{23}{100} = 23 %$ $0.23=23/100=23%$

When read out loud, 0.23 is "23 one hundredths". Mathematically:

$23 \cdot \frac{1}{100}$ $23*1/100$

Or,

$\frac{23}{100}$ $23/100$

Next, looking at the word "percent", it can be broken down into "per-" meaning "by", and "cent", meaning "100".

So a percent is simply whatever number is placed over 100. Hence,

$\frac{23}{100}$ $23/100$ is really the same as 23%.