Percents are 100 times larger (and that is by definition!).
Err... 2.5 IS a decimal. 2 1/2 is in fraction, and 2 and 50% is percents. ===================================== 2.5 percent is 0.025
66% = 0.66
multiply the decimal by 100
0.01
how you compare decimals and percents, is by the signs. a decimal looks like this: 0.0 and a percent looks like this: %
algebra fraction decimal ratio percents
Decimal: .75 Percent: %75
29% = 0.29 (just divide percents by 100 to get the decimal).
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you move the decimal 2 spaces to the right
41% = 0.41 To change decimals to percents, move the decimal two places to the right and add the percent sign. (To change percents to decimals, move the decimal two places to the left.)