Decimal to Percent Calculator Online Tool

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About Decimal to Percent Calculator Online Tool:

This online Decimal to Percent Calculator helps you to convert one decimal number into a percent number. Put decimal into the first textbox, the percent result will show in the second textbox.

Decimal Numeral System:

Decimal numeral system (also called Hindu-Arabic, or Arabic) has 10 digits, include (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), it's the most used number system in our daily life. Decimal numeral system is also one of the most ancient number system, it's inspired by 10 fingers of human.

Percent System:

Percent represents a part of a whole (100). Percent System is widely used in financial scenario. The function of percent is very similar to fraction, but much easier for human to read.

comic decimal to percent

How to convert from decimal to percent?

Just like how we deal with fraction number, convert the decimal number to a fraction with denominator equal to 100, the numerator is the result.

Decimal to Percent conversion table:

Decimal Percent Decimal Percent
0.01 1% 0.2 20%
0.02 2% 0.3 30%
0.03 3% 0.4 40%
0.04 4% 0.5 50%
0.05 5% 0.6 60%
0.06 6% 0.7 70%
0.07 7% 0.8 80%
0.08 8% 0.9 90%
0.09 9% 1 100%
0.1 10% 1.5 150%

More information:

Wikipedia (Percentage): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentage

Wikipedia (Decimal): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal

Convert Decimal to Percent with Python:

def decimal_to_percent(decimal_number):
    return decimal_number * 100


decimal_input = 0.72
percent_output = decimal_to_percent(decimal_input)
print('percent result is:{0}%'.format(percent_output))

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percent result is:72.0%