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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.
For 16/40, divide to get a decimal, then multiply to get percent.
Convert 16/80 to percent by dividing and then multiplying.
Divide 17/10 to get a decimal, then multiply by 100 for the percent.
To find the percent of 19/24, divide first, then multiply by 100.
Divide 19/28 to get a decimal, then multiply to get the percent.
Get 2 3/10's percent by multiplying and adding, then scaling.
Multiply 2.35 by 100 to represent it as a percent.
Turn 2.45 into its percent form by multiplying by 100.
Divide the fraction 2/2 and then express it as a percent.
To convert 20/17 to percent, divide and then multiply by 100.
Convert 21/100 to percent by dividing and then multiplying.
Divide 22/20 to get its decimal, then multiply to get the percent.