9% as a fraction

Fraction9/100lowest terms
Decimal0.09
Percent9%

How to get there

  1. Percent means per hundred, so 9% is 9/100.
  2. 9 and 100 share no factor but 1, so 9/100 is already in lowest terms.
9 of 100 squares. A percentage IS a count of hundredths, which is why the grid is the whole story.

Common questions

What is 9% as a fraction?
9% as a fraction is 9/100. Percent means per hundred, and 9/100 shares no common factor, so it is already in lowest terms.
What is 9% as a decimal?
9% is 0.09 as a decimal. Dividing a percentage by 100 moves the point two places to the left.

The same number, other ways

9/100Everything about the fraction: equivalents, the bar model, the number line.0.09The 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.