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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.
Divide 15/2 to get its decimal, then multiply to get the percent.
To find 160 in percent, multiply the number by 100.
Divide the fraction 17/34 and then express it as a percent.
For fraction 18/21, find the decimal and then change it to percent.
Divide 19/10 to get a decimal, then multiply for the percent.
The percent value of 190 is found by multiplying by 100.
Convert 2 1/3 to a decimal, then multiply for the percent.
To find the percent for 2.64, multiply it by 100.
Convert 20/21 to percent by dividing and then multiplying by 100.
To represent 2000 in percent, just multiply by 100.
To express 23/26 as a percent, divide and then multiply by 100.
Convert 23/40 to percent by dividing and then multiplying.