What is 10% as a fraction?

10% as a fraction is 1/10. Percent means per hundred, so start with 10/100, then divide top and bottom by 10.

What is 10% as a decimal?

10% is 0.1 as a decimal. Dividing a percentage by 100 moves the point two places to the left.

10% as a fraction

Fraction1/10lowest terms

Decimal0.1

Percent10%

How to get there

Percent means per hundred, so 10% is 10/100.
Divide top and bottom by their greatest common divisor, 10: 1/10.

10 of 100 squares. A percentage IS a count of hundredths, which is why the grid is the whole story.

Common questions

What is 10% as a fraction?: 10% as a fraction is 1/10. Percent means per hundred, so start with 10/100, then divide top and bottom by 10.
What is 10% as a decimal?: 10% is 0.1 as a decimal. Dividing a percentage by 100 moves the point two places to the left.

The same number, other ways

1/10Everything about the fraction: equivalents, the bar model, the number line.0.1The same value as a decimal, with its own derivation.Percent → fraction chartThe whole lookup table, printable.Percent converterAny percentage, including forms like 12 1/2%.

Where this comes from. Exact rational arithmetic on the values shown — fractions are pairs of integers until display, and inch–metric conversion uses 25.4 mm to the inch, exact by definition since 1959. See the full methodology.