What is 20% as a fraction?

20% as a fraction is 1/5. Percent means per hundred, so start with 20/100, then divide top and bottom by 20.

What is 20% as a decimal?

20% is 0.2 as a decimal. Dividing a percentage by 100 moves the point two places to the left.

20% as a fraction

Fraction1/5lowest terms

Decimal0.2

Percent20%

How to get there

Percent means per hundred, so 20% is 20/100.
Divide top and bottom by their greatest common divisor, 20: 1/5.

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

Common questions

What is 20% as a fraction?: 20% as a fraction is 1/5. Percent means per hundred, so start with 20/100, then divide top and bottom by 20.
What is 20% as a decimal?: 20% is 0.2 as a decimal. Dividing a percentage by 100 moves the point two places to the left.

The same number, other ways

1/5Everything about the fraction: equivalents, the bar model, the number line.0.2The 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.