Question

when making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, 96% of people put the peanut butter on first. write 96% as a decimal.

Answer 1

When changing a percent to a decimal you move the decimal like it's jumping 2 places over. 96% becomes .96 =, since you moved the decimal place 2 spaces forwards.

Answer 2

Drop the percent sign so that you only have 96 then divide by 100 to get the decimal (or move the decimal place to the left two).


96% --- drop the percent
96 ----- move the decimal place over to or divide by 100


96/100
96.0


.96