Chapter 7, Problem 26CR

To determine

To Write: A decimal as percent.

Answer to Problem 26CR

  $3$ written as a percent is $300\%$

Explanation of Solution

Given Information: The decimal to be written as a percent is $3$

Method: To write a decimal as a percent, move the decimal point $2$ places to the right and suffix a $\%$ sign. If there is no decimal point in the number, the put a decimal point succeeded by a $0$ after the rightmost digit.

The number $3$ has no decimal point. Therefore write $3$ as $3.0$

Now move the decimal point in $3.0$ two places to the right to make it $300$

Then suffix $300$ with the $\%$ sign to get

  $3 = 300\%$