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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.
Express 0.675 in percent by multiplying by 100.
To turn 0.68 into a percent, just multiply by 100.
For 0.81, multiply by 100 to get the percent.
Turn 0.925 into its percent form by multiplying by 100.
Turn 1 18/25 into a decimal with multiplication. Then get the percent.
Convert 1 3/8 to a decimal, then multiply for the percent.
For 1 5/8, multiply, add, and then divide to get the percent.
Get 1 9/10's percent by multiplying, adding, and scaling.
Convert the decimal 1.13 to a percent by multiplying by 100.
Turn 1.19 into a percent by multiplying it by 100.
Find the percent form of 1.27 by multiplying by 100.
Change 1.48 to percent by multiplying by 100.