SOLUTION: I am working a problem of turning 4/32% into a decimal and rounding to the nearest thousandth. I know the math works out to 12.5% but were I get lost in getting to the answer whic

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Question 412310: I am working a problem of turning 4/32% into a decimal and rounding to the nearest thousandth. I know the math works out to 12.5% but were I get lost in getting to the answer which is .00125. How do I know how many place to move the decimal back?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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I am working a problem of turning 4/32% into a decimal and rounding to the nearest thousandth. I know the math works out to 12.5% but were I get lost in getting to the answer which is .00125. How do I know how many place to move the decimal back?
Maybe you're confusing 4%2F32 with 4%2F32%

Here is 4%2F32 as a decimal

    .125
32)4.000
   3 2
     80
     64
     160
     160 

But it has a percent mark after it, so it is .125%.  To change a percent 
to a decimal you must move the decimal two places LEFT, so to
do that you get .00125.

Edwin