document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=207793>Question 207793</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you make 3/5 into a decimal rounded to the nearest thousandth and into a percent rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "you divide 3 by 5 to get .6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".6 doesn't need rounding to the nearest thousandth because it is an exact value when it is to the nearest tenth.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if you rounded to the nearest integer, it would be 1.0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if you must show it to the nearest thousandths, then you can show it as .600 because 1/1000 = .001 which is 3 decimal places.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to make .6 into a percent you multiply it by 100%<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".6 * 100% = 60%<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if you had a number like 7/11 then that would be a different story.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to convert 7/11 into a decimal you divide 7 by 11.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "your answer would be .636363636363636..... and on and on and on.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now if you wish to round this to the nearest thousandths you would want to round it to 3 decimal places.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in order to do that you would take 4 decimal places and examine the 4th decimal place.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "your number is .6363<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the 4th decimal place is 3 which is less than 5 so you truncate to the 3d decimal place to get .636<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "on the other hand, if your number was 15/7 and you wanted to convert it into a decimal, then you would divide 15/7 to get 2.142857143...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now if you want to round this to the nearest thousandths, you would want to round it to 3 decimal places because 1/1000 = .001<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in order to do that you would take the first 4 decimal places and examine them.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "your number would be 2.1428 to the 4th decimal place.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "since the 4th decimal place is 8 which is greater than or equal to 5, you would add 1 to the 3d decimal place to get 2.143<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2.143 expressed as a percent would be 2.143 * 100% = 214.3%<BR>\n" );
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