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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 3/9 to percent by dividing and then multiplying.
Convert 32/50 to percent by dividing and then multiplying by 100.
Divide 4/12 to get a decimal, then multiply to get the percent.
For 5, its percent value is 100 times the number.
For fraction 5/20, find the decimal and then change it to percent.
Divide 8/10 to get its decimal, then multiply to get the percent.
To get 0.003 in percent, multiply it by 100.
Represent 0.032 in percent by multiplying by 100.
To find the percent value of 0.625, just multiply by 100.
Convert 1.05 to a percent with a simple multiplication by 100.
Convert the decimal 1.1 to a percent by multiplying by 100.
1.3 as a percent is simply 1.3 multiplied by 100.