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Converting a percentage to a decimal is a basic but crucial math skill. The percentage symbol (%) literally means 'per hundred.' When you see a percentage, think of it as a number out of 100.

For example, in the given exercise, 9.25% is read as *9.25 per hundred*. To convert this into decimal form, you simply divide by 100. Here’s how you can do that step-by-step:

- Take the percentage number (in this case, 9.25).
- Divide it by 100.

Mathematically, this is shown as:
\[ 9.25\text{\text{%\text{ = \frac{9.25}{100}\text{ = 0.0925}}}}\]

And voila! 9.25% becomes 0.0925 as a decimal.

The next step is to convert the decimal number into a fraction. This might sound tricky, but it’s straightforward once you understand the process.

To convert the decimal 0.0925 to a fraction, follow these steps:

- Identify the place value of the last digit (in this case, 5 is in the ten-thousandths place).
- Write down the number without the decimal point as the numerator (9250).
- Write 10000 (1 followed by five zeroes) as the denominator.

Mathematically, it looks like this:
\[ 0.0925 = \frac{925}{10000} \]

It’s that simple! Now you have the decimal as a fraction.

The final step to make any fraction easier to understand is to simplify it. Simplifying a fraction means reducing it to its smallest, whole-number form.

Here’s how you simplify the fraction \ \[\frac{925}{10000}:\] - Find the Greatest Common Divisor (GCD) of the numerator and the denominator. The GCD is the largest number that divides both numbers evenly.
- For 925 and 10000, the GCD is 25.
- Divide both the numerator and the denominator by the GCD (25):\[\frac{925 \text{\text{ ÷ 25}}}{10000 \text{\text{ ÷ 25}}}\]

This gives you:\[\frac{37}{400}\]


Thus, 0.0925 simplifies to the fraction \ \ \[\frac{37}{400}\] . This is the final, simplified form. Understanding these steps will make converting percentages to fractions easy!