Question

1.5 as a percent and fraction

Answer 1

1.5 as a percent would equal 150% because imagine that the decimal was in front of the 1. Now all you would do is move the decimal over 2 and BAM 150.
If you try it on paper it makes more sense.
Now 1.5 as a fraction is 3/200. Don't ask me how I know that, but I just do.
Hope this helps you!

Answer 2

Hello There!

"Percent" means "per 100" or "over 100". So, to convert 1.5 to percent we rewrite 1.5 in terms of "per 100" or over 100.

Multiply 1.5 by 100/100. Since 100/100 = 1, we are only multiplying by 1 and not changing the value of our number.

`(1.5)/(1)` ×
`(100)/(100)` ≈
`(150)/(100)`

150/100 is 150 over 100 and means 150 per 100. 150 "per 100" means 150 "percent" or 150%

Therefore, we have shown that

1.5 = 150%

AS A FRACTION

Rewrite the decimal number as a fraction with 1 in the denominator

1.5 =
`(1.5)/(1)`

Multiply to remove 1 decimal places. Here, you multiply top and bottom by
`10^(1)` = 10

`(1.5)/(1)` ×
`(10)/(10)` = 15/10

When this is reduces you get 3/2

and as a mixed number it's 1 and 1/2