To change a percent to a decimal we divide by 100. This is the same as moving the decimal point two places to the left. For example, 27.5% is equivalent to the decimal 0.275. Notice that dividing by 100 moves the decimal point two places to the left. So another example?Another example is 28%, 28% is equivalent to the decimal 0.28 because if we divide 28 to 100 the answer we get is .28. If we can see we moves the decimal point two places to the left. So that's the easy way to convert percent to decimal