text: The word percent means per 100. So for example, 17% = 17/100. What if the percentage has a decimal in it? It still works the same way. For example, 17.5% = 17.5/100. We can multiply top and bottom by 10 to get 175/1000.\n\nread more here --> http://www.mathsisfun.com/converting-percents-fractions.html