What decimal is half a percent of 100?

What decimal is half a percent of 100?

• A. 0.05
• B. 0.005
• C. 0.5
• D. 5

Answer: (C)

Percent means per hundred, so to find a percent of a number you convert the percent to a decimal and multiply by the number. Half a percent is 0.5%, which as a decimal is 0.005. Multiply by 100 to get the amount: 0.005 × 100 = 0.5. A quick check: 1% of 100 is 1, so half of that is 0.5. The decimal value is 0.5.

Percent means per hundred, so to find a percent of a number you convert the percent to a decimal and multiply by the number. Half a percent is 0.5%, which as a decimal is 0.005. Multiply by 100 to get the amount: 0.005 × 100 = 0.5. A quick check: 1% of 100 is 1, so half of that is 0.5. The decimal value is 0.5.