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Write 65% as a fraction and as a decimal.

  • Read the question and then read it again. What is it asking you to do?
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65% is a percentage. The question is asking you to write it as a fraction and as a decimal.

  • Remember that percent (%) means per 100, or out of a hundred.
    Find the fraction equivalent.
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65% means 65 out of 100
65% =

  • Remember that fractions with 100 as the denominator are easy to write as decimals.
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= 65 ÷ 100 = 0.65

  • What is your answer? Check your working.
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65% = = 0.65