How to Find Fractional and Decimal Percentages
Most percent problems involve whole-number percents like 25% or 80%, but sometimes you encounter fractional percentages (like \(\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}}\)%) or decimal percentages (like 2.5%). These behave exactly the same as whole-number percents — you still divide by 100 to convert to a decimal — but the numbers can trip students up. This lesson removes that confusion. […]