Question

Andy's savings account pays 0.3% more interest than Marty's. What is 0.3% written as a decimal number?

A. 0.003
B. 0.3
C. 0.0003
D. 0.03

Answer 1

A. 0.003

To go from a percentage to a decimal, you would remove the percent sign and move the decimal two places to the left.

Answer 2

A. 0.003

Explanation:

When using decimals to represent a percentage it goes as follows:

100% = 1

75% = 0.75

50% = 0.5

25% = 0.25

1% = 0.01

And in the case of this problem: 0.3% = 0.003