How do you write #0.25# in percentage?

2 Answers
Nov 22, 2016

#0.25 = 25%#

Explanation:

It is already a percentage, just in a different form..

Decimals and percentages are interchangeable...

2 decimal places represent hundredths.

#0.25 = 25/100 = 25%#

You can also use the method of multiplying by 1,
with 1 written as #100%#

#0.25 xx 1#

#color(blue)(0.25 xx 100)color(red)%#

#color(blue)25color(red)%#

Nov 22, 2016

#0.25=25%#

Explanation:

#25=25/1color(white)("XXX")02.5=25/10color(white)("XXX")0.25=25/100#

#25%# (25 per cent)
#color(white)("XXX")#"cent" means "hundred"
#color(white)("XXX")#so "per cent" means "per hundred"

#color(white)("XXX")25/100# is a ratio that can be read as #25# per hundred.

Therefore #0.25 = 25/100 = 25 " per cent" = 25%#