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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.
To get 9 as a percent, multiply it by 100.
Divide 9/15 to get a decimal, then multiply by 100 for the percent.
Get the percent of 9/5 by dividing and then multiplying.
Multiply 2.39 by 100 to represent it as a percent.
To get 0.019 in percent, multiply it by 100.
In math, 0.027 becomes a percent when you multiply by 100.
To get the percent form of 0.11, multiply it by 100.
Turn 0.13 into its percent form by multiplying by 100.
Multiply 0.18 by 100 to express it as a percent.
Convert 0.22 to percent by multiplying by 100.
Change 0.28 to percent by multiplying by 100.
To get the percent value of 0.307, multiply it by 100.