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What is a decimal?
A decimal is a system of numbers based on ten. It uses a point, called a decimal point, to separate the whole number from parts less than one. For example, in 0.75, the number represents three-quarters.
What is a fraction?
A fraction shows how many parts of a certain size there are. It consists of a numerator (above the line) and a denominator (below the line). For example, in 2/3, it means two out of three equal parts.
What is a mixed fraction?
A mixed fraction combines a whole number and a fraction. It shows a quantity more than one but not a round number. For example, 3 1/2 means three and a half.
What is a percentage?
A percentage expresses a number as a fraction of 100. It's denoted by the "%" symbol. So, 50% means fifty out of every hundred.
Convert 5/30 to percent by first dividing, then multiplying.
Convert the decimal 0.02 to a percent by multiplying by 100.
Change 0.06 to percent by multiplying by 100.
To find the percent for 0.75, multiply it by 100.
Change 1.2 to a percent by multiplying by 100.
Convert 1/25 to percent by dividing and then multiplying.
Convert 15/16 to decimal by dividing, then multiply to get percent.
Convert 2 to percent by multiplying by 100.
For fraction 3/12, find the decimal and then change it to percent.
Convert 3/15 to decimal by dividing, then find its percent.
Find the percent form of 30 by multiplying by 100.
Divide 30/40 to get a decimal, then multiply by 100 for the percent.