Percents Greater Than 100%
11-13
Write each as a decimal.
- 175% 2. 220% 3. 440% 4. 350% 5. 101%
- 205% 7. 432% 8. 500% 9. 355% 10. 816%
- 200% 12. 550% 13. 625% 14.130% 15. 760%
A bicycle is 125% of its original value. This means
that the bicycle is 25% more than its original value.
100% of something 125% of something means
means the whole. 25% more than the whole.
A percent greater than 100%can be renamed as an
equivalent decimal or as an equivalent mixed number.
To rename a percent greater than 100% as an equivalent decimal:
Drop the percent symbol (%).
Move the decimal point twoplaces to the left.
125% 1 .25.1.25
To rename a percent greater than 100% as an equivalent mixed number:
Drop the percent symbol (%).
Write the number as the numerator
and 100 as the denominator.
Express the fraction in simplest form.
125%^125100 1100 25 ^2525 141
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