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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.
Find the percent of 11/24 by dividing and then multiplying.
Divide 12/22 to get a decimal, then multiply by 100 for the percent.
Find the decimal form of 14/27, then convert it to a percent.
To get the percent of 150/250, divide and then multiply by 100.
Divide 16/100 to get a decimal, then multiply to get the percent.
Divide 17/30 to get its decimal, then multiply to get the percent.
Convert 17/21 to decimal by dividing, then find its percent.
Divide 175/200 and then multiply by 100 to get the percent.
To get 18 as a percent, multiply it by 100.
For 18/75, divide to get a decimal, then multiply to get percent.
Find 2 1/4's decimal by multiplying. Convert this to a percent.
Convert 2 3/5 to a decimal, then multiply for the percent.