Convert the decimal number 0.5. Turn it into a reduced (simplified) proper fraction and write it as a percentage value. Equivalent fractions calculator

Convert 0.5 into equivalent fractions and write it as a percentage value

1. Write the number as a percentage.

  • Multiply the number by 100/100
  • Note: 100/100 = 1
  • The value of the number does not change when multiplying by 100/100

0.5 =

0.5 × 100/100 =

(0.5 × 100)/100 =

50/100 =

50%


  • In other words:
  • Multiply the number by 100...
  • ... And then add the percent sign, %
  • 0.5 = 50%

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2. Write the number as a proper fraction.

  • 0.5 can be written as a proper fraction.
  • A proper fraction = the numerator is smaller than the denominator..

Write down the number divided by 1, as a fraction:

0.5 = 0.5/1


Turn the top number into a whole number.

  • Multiply both the top and the bottom by the same number.
  • This number is: 10.
  • 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.

0.5/1 =

(0.5 × 10)/(1 × 10) =

5/10


3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
5/10
to the lowest terms, to its simplest equivalent form, irreducible.

To reduce a fraction to the lowest terms divide the numerator and denominator by their greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.


Factor the numerator and denominator (prime factorization).

5 is a prime number, it cannot be factored into other prime factors

10 = 2 × 5


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Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.

Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.

GCF (5; 2 × 5) = 5


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Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.

5/10 =

5/(2 × 5) =

(5 ÷ 5) / ((2 × 5) ÷ 5) =

1/2


1/2 ~ Equivalent fractions.

  • The above fraction cannot be reduced.
  • That is, it has the smallest possible numerator and denominator.

  • By expanding it we can build up equivalent fractions.

  • Multiply the numerator & the denominator by the same number.


Example 1. By expanding the fraction by 3.

1/2 = (1 × 3)/(2 × 3) = 3/6

Example 2. By expanding the fraction by 6.

1/2 = (1 × 6)/(2 × 6) = 6/12

  • Of course, the above fractions are reducing...
  • ... to the initial fraction: 1/2

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:: Final answer ::
Written in 3 different ways

As a reduced (simplified) positive proper fraction:
0.5 = 1/2

As a percentage:
0.5 = 50%

As equivalent fractions:
0.5 = 1/2 = 3/6 = 6/12

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Learn how to turn a decimal number into a fraction and a percentage. Steps.

1. How to write the number as a percentage:

  • Multiply the number by 100. Then add the percent sign, %.

2. How to write the number as a fraction:

  • Write down the number divided by 1, as a fraction.
  • Turn the top number into a whole number: multiply both the top and the bottom by the same number.
  • Reduce (simplify) the above fraction to the lowest terms, to its simplest equivalent form, irreducible. To reduce a fraction divide the numerator and the denominator by their greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
  • If the fraction is an improper one, rewrite it as a mixed number (mixed fraction).
  • Calculate equivalent fractions. By expanding it we can build up equivalent fractions: multiply the numerator & the denominator by the same number.

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