This online Percent to Decimal Calculator converts a percentage to a decimal numeral.
How to Convert Percent to Decimal
The term “percent” simply means “per 100”. So, a percentage is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100. It is actually just a special way of expressing a fraction with the denominator 100.
To convert a percent to a decimal, you just need to divide the percentage value by 100 and remove the percent sign %.
For example, 27.5% can be converted to 27.5 / 100 = 0.275, and 123% can be converted to 123 / 100 = 1.23.
The simple algorithm to convert from a percent to a decimal is to move the decimal point in the percentage 2 places to the left and remove the percent sign.
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