Question

What decimal is equvialent to 17%

Answer 1

17%

17%

of the price of the object is

17

17

times greater than

1%

1%

of the price therefore it is :

17×

1

100

x=

17

100

x=0.17x

17×1100x=17100x=0.17x

answer is 0.17

Answer 2

0.17 When converting a decimal check the place value of the last number to the right. In 0.17, 7 is in the hundredths place. This means our decimal is equal to 17 hundredths. 17 hundredths can also be written as 17/100. and that would be the fraction.