Directions: Fill in the missing words to complete the meaning. Choose your answer
from the choices given inside the box. Copy and answer on a sheet of paper.
decimal point
hundred
lowest
numerator
percent
Percent means per (1)
Percent can be written as a ratio with 100 as
the second term or a fraction with 100 as the denominator. It can also be written as
decimal number
To change percent to fraction, remove the percent sign and write the number as
the (2), then write 100 as denominator. Change the fraction to (3)
term
In writing percent to decimal, remove the percent sign, then move the (4)
twice to the left. In changing decimal to (5)
we move the
decimal point twice to the right and affix the percent sign.
