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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 express 0.872 as a percent, multiply by 100.
In math, 0.94 becomes a percent when you multiply by 100.
Convert 1 1/5 to a decimal, then multiply for the percent.
Convert 1/10000 to decimal by dividing, then find its percent.
You can find the percent of 1.01 by multiplying by 100.
For 1.33, multiply by 100 to get the percent.
Convert 1.34 to percent by multiplying it by 100.
Convert 1/1 to a decimal by dividing, then multiply for the percent.
To get the percent of 1/17, divide and then multiply by 100.
Divide 1/35 to get its decimal, then multiply to get the percent.
Convert 10/100 to decimal by dividing, then multiply to get percent.
Divide the fraction 10/14 and then express it as a percent.