Notes Name: ______________________________

Pre-Algebra Date: _________________Period: _______

Converting Fractions, Decimals, and Percents

Changing Fractions to Decimals:

 Divide the numerator by the denominator.

2 6 3
= = 2 =
5 7 5

Changing Fractions to Percents:

 Change the fraction to a decimal (numerator ÷ denominator)

 Move the decimal twice to the right.

5 1 3
= = 1 =
8 3 7

Changing Decimals to Fractions:

 Underline the last digit and identify its place value. That place value becomes the
denominator.
 Remove the decimal from the number. That becomes your numerator.
 Simplify if possible.

.62= .4= .142= 3.60=

Changing Decimals to Percents:

 Move the decimal twice to the right.

.16= .04 = 1.42 = .007 =

Changing Percents to Decimals:

 Move the decimal twice to the left.

27% = 157% = .09% = 8% =

Changing Percents to Fractions:

 First, change the percent to a fraction. (Move decimal twice to the left)
 Second, underline last digit (that place value will be your denominator), remove the
decimal and that will be your numerator.
 Simplify if possible.

5% = 48% = .3% = 1.15% =

Fraction Decimal Percent

1
2
9%

.625

28%

2
9
.3

1
2
5
108%
 Using Fractions, Decimals, and Percents to Solve

I. Finding the Fraction/ Decimal of a Number

 When you are finding a fraction or decimal of something, then you need to

______________________________.

1 1 3
Ex) Find of . Ex) Find of 80.
8 10 5

Ex) Find 0.4 of 100 Ex) Find 0.2 of 0.5

Ex) Find 0.25 of 80 Ex) Find 0.6 of 1.8

II. Finding the Percent of a Number

1. When you are finding a percent of a number or price, you need to convert the percent to a

_________________ first and then ______________________ the number or price by that

_____________________. This will tell you how much of the number or price that percent

makes up.

Examples

Ex) What is 20% of 150? Ex) What is 40% of 80?

Ex) What is 32% of 1000? Ex) What is 5% of $4.00?

III. Finding Discounts

 The key word is “off”. It tells you that you need to ___________________________.

 To find the new (or sale) price, you need to:

1) Find what the discount is first (by finding what the fraction/ percent of the original price is).

2) Then subtract that amount from the original price to find the new (or sale) price.

New (or Sale) Price = Original Price – Discount

Examples

Directions: Find each discount and new (or sale) price.

Ex) original price: $150 Ex) original price: $700

1
fractional discount: off percent discount: 30% off
6

Ex) original price: $25 Ex) original price: $8.49

1
fractional discount: off percent discount: 5% off
5
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Ex) What is off the price, $120? Ex) What is 15% off the price, $2.60?
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IV. Percent Increase/ Decrease

 When you are finding a percent of___________________ or ____________________, you must:

1) Find the amount it increased or decreased by.

2) Put the amount it increased or decreased by over the original amount to form a fraction,
divide it out to get a decimal, and convert the decimal to a percent.

Formula for Percent Increase/ Decrease

percent increase = amount of increase
original amount

OR

percent decrease = amount of decrease

original amount

Examples

Ex) The price of gas rose from $1.60 per gallon in January to $200 per gallon in April. What was the
percent increase?

Ex) A student’s score on a pre-algebra test was 84. His score on a second pre-algebra test was 92. What
was the percent of increase in the student’s score?
Ex) A discount store normally sells DVDs for $14.44. If the DVDs go on sale for $13.72, which of the
following is the percent of decrease in the price?

Ex) A pair of shoes is on sale for $32. The original price was $48. What is the percent decrease in the
price?

V. Word Problems Involving Percents

Ex) Ashley bought a jacket that was on sale for $14.40 after a discount of 20%. What was the original
price of the jacket?

A) $11.52
B) $16.40
C) $17.28
D) $18.00

Ex) The Pioneer Middle School year book had 50 ads placed last year. This year there was a 20% increase
in the number of ads. What was the increase in the number of ads placed?

A) 10
B) 20
C) 30
D) 40

Ex) Last month Trenton earned $175 from raking leaves in his neighborhood. This month he hopes to
earn 65% more than he earned last month. How much money will Trenton need to earn in order to meet
his goal?

Ex) Last year the Pioneer Middle School football team won 15 games. This year the team experienced a
40% decrease in the number of games that it won. How many games did the Pioneer Middle School
football team win this year?
Ex) The town of Smallville has a population of 2,560 people. Of the 2,560 people, 30% are under the age
of 18, 27% are between the ages 18 and 40, and 43% are over the age of 40. How many people in
Smallville are the under the age of 18?

Ex) Mr. Madsen teaches a total of 150 students. Of the 150 students, 30% are dancers, 8% are musicians,
and the rest are athletes. How many athletes does Mr. Madsen teach?

Ex) A football team has 120 players. Of the 120 players, 25% bought their own pair of cleats. If each pair
of cleats costs $2.50, how much money did these players spend altogether?

Ex) An airline has 400 flights a day. Of these, 80% depart before 6 p.m. Flights leaving before 6 p.m.
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depart on schedule of the time. How many flights leaving before 6 p.m. depart on schedule each day?
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Ex) Pioneer Middle School has an operating budget of $136,000. The principal, Mr. Stout, decided to
give Mrs. Watkins 30% of that money to spend on new technology. Mrs. Watkins spent 16% of her share
to buy Macbooks. How much money was spent on buying Macbooks?
VI. Multiple Step Word Problems Involving Fractions, Decimals, & Percents

Ex) The table below shows the number and grade level of students at Pioneer Middle School who
participate in extracurricular activities.

Number of Students

Cheerleading Volleyball Cross Country

6th Graders 3 15 10

7th Graders 10 11 22

8th Graders 13 7 6

a) What percent of the 6th graders participate in cross country? Show or explain how you found your
answer.

b) What percent of the total students who participate in extracurricular activities are 7th graders who play
volleyball? Show or explain how you found your answer.

Ex) Jayden wanted to see how many of the 1,296 students at Pioneer Middle School liked the movie, Step
Up 3. She decided to survey 100 students to get a better idea. The results of the survey are shown in the
table below.
Survey of Students

Percent of Students

Like 44

Dislike 31

Neutral 25

Total 100

Based on the survey, how many of the 1,296 students are neutral toward the movie, Step Up 3?