Question

How to turn 87.5 percent in to a decimal?

Answer 1

You divide the percentage by 100. So that would be 0.875

Answer 2

Step 1: Find the percentage in the problem.

Step 2: Create a fraction by putting the fraction as the numerator over 100.

Step 3: Divide the numerator "the percent" by the denominator which is 100.

$\frac{87.5}{100}$

87.5 ÷ 100 = 0.875

87.5% turned into a decimal is 0.875