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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.
Convert 27/45 to decimal by dividing, then multiply to get percent.
First divide 29/50, then multiply by 100 to get the percent.
Get 3 2/5's decimal by multiplying. Convert this to a percent.
Divide 3/24 to get its decimal, then multiply to get the percent.
To get the percent value of 3.25, multiply it by 100.
Represent 3.4 in percent by multiplying by 100.
To find the percent value of 3.63, just multiply by 100.
For 3/19, divide to get a decimal, then multiply for the percent.
Divide 30/100 to get a decimal, then multiply by 100 for the percent.
Convert 31/36 to percent by dividing and then multiplying by 100.
Multiply 32 by 100 to see it as a percent.
Get 33 in percent by multiplying by 100.