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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.
Get the percent of 13/15 by dividing and then multiplying.
To represent 14 in percent, just multiply by 100.
Divide 14/15 to get a decimal, then multiply for the percent.
To express 14/24 as a percent, divide and then multiply by 100.
Divide 15/24 to get a decimal, then multiply to get the percent.
Find the percent form of 15 by multiplying by 100.
Multiply and add 2 1/5 for a decimal. Then convert to percent.
Multiply and add 2 41/50 for a decimal, then convert to a percent.
Convert 2.4 to a percent with a simple multiplication by 100.
Change 2.6 to percent by multiplying by 100.
Divide 23/30 to get its decimal, then multiply to get the percent.
Convert 24/36 to percent by first dividing, then multiplying.