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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.
To get the percent of 50/100, divide and then multiply by 100.
Convert 54/60 to decimal by dividing, then find its percent.
Find the percent of 59/80 by dividing and then multiplying.
For 6.24, multiply by 100 to get the percent.
To find the percent of 7/24, divide first, then multiply by 100.
Divide 7/28 to get a decimal, then multiply by 100 for the percent.
Divide 75/100 to get a decimal, then multiply to find the percent.
Turn 76 into its percent value with a multiplication by 100.
First divide 8/100, then multiply by 100 to get the percent.
For fraction 8/17, find the decimal and then change it to percent.
To find 875 in percent, multiply the number by 100.
To find the percent for 0.0005, multiply it by 100.