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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.
For 0.12, multiply by 100 to get the percent.
Express 0.33 in percent by multiplying by 100.
To get 0.875 in percent, multiply it by 100.
Find the percent of 11/25 by dividing and then multiplying.
Divide 12/20 to get a decimal, then multiply to get the percent.
Convert 13/50 to decimal by dividing, then find its percent.
Convert 2/12 to percent by first dividing, then multiplying.
Find the decimal form of 2/15, then convert it to a percent.
Divide 21/25 to get a decimal, then multiply to find the percent.
Convert 27/30 to percent by dividing and then multiplying.
To convert 27/40 to percent, divide and then multiply by 100.
Turn 29 into its percent value with a multiplication by 100.