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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.
Multiply 0.3 by 100 to represent it as a percent.
To turn 0.325 into a percent, just multiply by 100.
Express 0.39 in percent by multiplying by 100.
To get 0.51 in percent, multiply it by 100.
Find the percent form of 0.53 by multiplying by 100.
To express 0.608 as a percent, multiply by 100.
0.666 as a percent is simply 0.666 multiplied by 100.
Multiply 0.71 by 100 to convert it to a percent.
To get the percent value of 0.87, multiply it by 100.
Turn 0.91 into a percent by multiplying it by 100.
To find the percent for 0.97, multiply it by 100.
You can find the percent of 0.99 by multiplying by 100.