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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.
Represent 0.34 in percent by multiplying by 100.
Change 0.44 to a percent by multiplying by 100.
To get the percent form of 0.45, multiply it by 100.
To get 0.72 in percent, multiply it by 100.
For 1/13, divide to get a decimal, then multiply for the percent.
Convert 1 17/20 to a decimal, then multiply for the percent.
Convert 1 3/4 to a decimal first, then find the percent.
To find the percent for 1.6, multiply it by 100.
To get the percent value of 1.7, multiply it by 100.
Get 1000 in percent by multiplying by 100.
Convert 11/4 to decimal by dividing, then multiply to get percent.
Get the percent of 11/40 by dividing and then multiplying.