- Ninths are all easy: 1/9 = 0.111111 . . . or 11.1%, 2/9 = 0.2222 . . . or 22.2% etc. As recurring decimals we shorten them using the line or dots above the repeating digit(s)
- Tenths are all straight conversions 1/10 = 0.1 or 10%, 2/10 (1/5) = 0.2 or 20% etc.
- Sevenths are more difficult. 1/7 = 0.14 = 14% rounded to 2 decimal places. This fraction repeats after several decimal places.
- Sixths recur after the first or second decimal place. 1/6 = 0.166666 . . . or 16.666 %. . ., 5/6 is 0.833333 . . . or 83.333%. 2/6, 3/6 and 4/6 all have simpler fractions as above.
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