How do you convert .375 into a fraction and percent?

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Answer 1 · 2016-06-15T19:40:13

$0.375 \equiv \frac{375}{1000} \equiv 37.5 %$ $0.375-=375/1000 -=37.5%$

The third decimal place is measuring in the thousandth's.

So 0.375 is equivalent to $\frac{375}{1000}$ $375/1000$

Properly written as: $0.375 \equiv \frac{375}{1000}$ $0.375-=375/1000$
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To convert this percent in the format of $x %$ $x%$ you just multiply the fraction by 100 giving:

$\frac{375}{1000} \times 100$ $" "375/1000xx100$

Which is the same as

$\frac{375}{10 \times 100} \times 100$ $" "375/(10xx100)xx100$

Which is the same as

$\frac{375}{10} \times \frac{100}{100} \to 37.5 \times 1$ $" "375/10xx100/100 -> 37.5xx1$

But this is now a percentage so we write it as:

$37.5 %$ $37.5%$