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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.
In math, 0.015 becomes a percent when you multiply by 100.
To express 0.04 as a percent, multiply by 100.
Turn 0.07 into its percent form by multiplying by 100.
Multiply 0.32 by 100 to convert it to a percent.
Find the percent form of 0.42 by multiplying by 100.
Change 0.55 to a percent by multiplying by 100.
To get the percent value of 0.66, multiply it by 100.
For 1 1/2, multiply, add, then scale the result for percent.
Divide the fraction 1/100 and then express it as a percent.
Get 1 2/5's percent by multiplying, adding, and scaling.
Divide 10/11 to get a decimal, then multiply to get the percent.
To convert 10/35 to percent, divide and then multiply by 100.