25⁄1000 can be simplified by dividing the numerator (25) and the denominator (1000) by their HCF (25). 2∙5% is 1⁄40 as a fraction. Test your comparing percentages, fractions and decimals skills with ...

Back when I was in fifth or sixth grade and learning decimals, I was questioning why they were important. Fractions were useful. But decimals were just a useless alternative to fractions, I thought.

We will be continuing our learning around multiplying decimals using an area model. We will be continuing our learning around multiplying decimals using an area model.

In order to graduate from high school, people usually spend about13 years (K-12) learning about math concepts. One of the things that math does is to give us a universal way to think about quantities.

There’s really no such number as “point three seven five.” Yet that’s how a lot of students say .375, and a big reason for this is that’s how a lot of teachers say it--including me until I realized ...

Q. Thanks for your advice in the September 2001 issue on converting fractions in Excel into decimal values. But how about those of us who need to do the reverse—that is, convert decimal values into ...