To write 25% as a fraction in lowest terms, remember that a percent is a ratio that compares a number to 100. So 25% can be written as the ratio 25 to 100 or . Notice however that is not in lowest terms. To turn the fraction into lowest terms, we can divide both the numerator and the denominator by our greatest common factor which is 25.
25 ÷ 25 = 1
100 ÷ 25 = 4
Therefore, 25% can be written as the fraction .
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To write a percent as a decimal, first remember that a percent is a ratio that compares a number to 100. So we can think of 25% as the ratio 25 to 100 or . Remember that dividing by 100 moves the decimal point 2 places to the left. So 25 ÷ 100 would move the decimal point 2 places to the left which would gives us .25 or 0.25.
Therefore, 25% can be written as the decimal 0.25.