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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 100 to percent by multiplying by 100.
Divide 11/15 to get its decimal, then multiply to get the percent.
To convert 11/50 to percent, divide and then multiply by 100.
Convert the decimal 12.5 to a percent by multiplying by 100.
To express 14/30 as a percent, divide and then multiply by 100.
Get the percent of 14/50 by dividing and then multiplying.
Convert 16/22 to a decimal by dividing, then multiply for the percent.
Divide 17/24 to get a decimal, then multiply by 100 for the percent.
Start with 2 1/10, multiply, add, and then scale to get the percent.
Multiply and add 2 2/5 for a decimal, then convert to percent.
Convert 2.2 to percent by multiplying it by 100.
Convert 2.3 to percent by multiplying by 100.