NUMBERS • DIFFERENT WAYS TO DESCRIBE FRACTIONS 75
Common fractions, decimals, and percentages
This table shows the different ways we can show or write the same fraction.
10%
12.5%
20%
25%
30%
33%
40%
50%
60%
75%
ONE-TENTH
ONE-EIGHTH
ONE-FIFTH
ONE-QUARTER
THREE-TENTHS
ONE-THIRD
TWO-FIFTHS
ONE-HALF
THREE-FIFTHS
THREE-QUARTERS
1
10
1 8 1 5 1 4 3
10
1 3 2 5 1 2 3 5 3 4
1
125
2
25
3
33
4
5
6
75
Part of a
whole
Part of
a group
Fraction
in words
Fraction
in numbers
Decimal Percentage
The second number in the ratio
becomes the fraction’s denominator
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Write 0.35 as a
fraction. Don’t
forget to simplify it.
Write^3 ⁄ 100 as a
percentage,
then as a decimal.
TRY IT OUT
Answers on page 319
Write the ratio
4:6 as a fraction.
Now simplify it.
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