Converting to Percentages, page 40
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.
Find the percent form of 625 by multiplying by 100.
For 72/90, divide to get a decimal, then multiply for the percent.
Convert 9/40 to percent by dividing and then multiplying.
To get the percent of 9/14, divide and then multiply by 100.
Change 0.0025 to percent by multiplying by 100.
Convert the decimal 0.2 to a percent by multiplying by 100.
Find the percent form of 0.21 by multiplying by 100.
To turn 0.43 into a percent, just multiply by 100.
0.452 as a percent is simply 0.452 multiplied by 100.
Turn 0.47 into its percent form by multiplying by 100.
To express 0.62 as a percent, multiply by 100.
Convert 0.74 to percent by multiplying it by 100.