Business Mathematics Brief 12th Edition by Stanley Salzman ,Gary Clendenen, Charles Miller

Exercise 172

Write the following decimals as percent. (See Examples.)
Changing Decimals to Percents
Change the following decimals to percents.
(a).35
(b).42
(c) 2.75
SOLUTION
Move the decimal point two places to the right and attach a percent sign.
(a) 35%
(b) 42%
(c) 275%
Writing Decimals as Percents
Write the following decimals as percents.
(a).8
(b) 2.6
(c).1
(d) 4
SOLUTION
It is necessary to attach zeros here.
(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Writing Decimals as Percents
Write these decimals as percents.
(a).625
(b).0057
(c) 1.25
SOLUTION
(a) 62.5%
(b).57%
(c) 125%
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