What is 3% as a fraction?

3% as a fraction is 3/100. Percent means per hundred, and 3/100 shares no common factor, so it is already in lowest terms.

What is 3% as a decimal?

3% is 0.03 as a decimal. Dividing a percentage by 100 moves the point two places to the left.

3% as a fraction

Fraction3/100lowest terms

Decimal0.03

Percent3%

How to get there

Percent means per hundred, so 3% is 3/100.
3 and 100 share no factor but 1, so 3/100 is already in lowest terms.

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

Common questions

What is 3% as a fraction?: 3% as a fraction is 3/100. Percent means per hundred, and 3/100 shares no common factor, so it is already in lowest terms.
What is 3% as a decimal?: 3% is 0.03 as a decimal. Dividing a percentage by 100 moves the point two places to the left.

The same number, other ways

3/100Everything about the fraction: equivalents, the bar model, the number line.0.03The 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.