Here’s the magic step: take any number—yes, any number—and multiply it by 100. That’s it. That’s the whole trick.
Got 0.25? Multiply by 100 and you get 25. Slap a percent sign on it, and boom: 25%. You just converted a number to a percent.
Wait, what about whole numbers? Like, say you have the number 1. Multiply by 100? That’s 100%. You just turned “one” into “everything.” How dramatic is that?
But What About Big, Scary Decimals?
Let’s say you get 0.047. Don’t panic. Multiply by 100, and it moves the decimal two spots to the right: 4.7%. See? That’s not scary—it’s just a shy little percent.
Or maybe you have 0.99. Multiply by 100 and you get 99%. That’s almost perfect. Almost. (I see you, perfectionists. I know you’re frowning at that 1% gap.)
