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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 express 1.9 as a percent, multiply by 100.
First divide 10/13, then multiply by 100 to get the percent.
Divide the fraction 10/15 and then express it as a percent.
Convert 10/25 to percent by dividing and then multiplying by 100.
To find the percent of 11/5, divide first, then multiply by 100.
Find the decimal form of 12/30, then convert it to a percent.
Convert 12/5 to decimal by dividing, then find its percent.
Convert 14/21 to percent by dividing and then multiplying.
Find the percent of 14/25 by dividing and then multiplying.
Divide 14/40 to get its decimal, then multiply to get the percent.
Divide 15/40 and then multiply by 100 to get the percent.
Convert 19/40 to percent by first dividing, then multiplying.