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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 8/7 to a decimal by dividing, then multiply for the percent.
To find 85 in percent, multiply the number by 100.
For 9/13, divide to get a decimal, then multiply to get percent.
Find the percent of 9/18 by dividing and then multiplying.
To find the percent for 1.46, multiply it by 100.
Find 1 1/3's decimal by multiplying. Convert this to a percent.
Convert 1/200 to percent by dividing and then multiplying.
To get the percent value of 0.0075, multiply it by 100.
0.0125 as a percent is simply 0.0125 multiplied by 100.
For 0.023, multiply by 100 to get the percent.
Change 0.097 to a percent by multiplying by 100.
Change 0.225 to percent by multiplying by 100.