Converting Decimals to Percents Examples

Convert 5.06 to a percent.

To swap from decimal mode into percent mode, all we need to do is move the decimal point two places to the right.

Convert 0.004 to a percent.

0.004 is a very small number, so it should convert into a very small percent. Let's move the decimal over two places to the right and find out.

Convert the number 1 to a percent.

To move a decimal point, we need to have a decimal point.

Actually, the number 1 does have a decimal; it's just hiding. All whole numbers have an invisible decimal point hiding on the far right. But wait...we don't have any numbers for it to hop over to the right.

Luckily, we can tack on as many zeros to the right of the decimal as we need. Sticking in two zeros, the decimal hops two places.