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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 find 26 in percent, multiply it by 100.
For fraction 26/35, find the decimal and then change it to percent.
Divide 27/100 to get a decimal, then multiply for the percent.
For 29/100, divide to get a decimal, then multiply for the percent.
Divide 29/20 to get a decimal, then multiply to get the percent.
For 3 1/200, multiply, add, and then divide to get the percent.
Convert 3 8/25 to a decimal first, then find the percent.
To find the percent value of 3.6, just multiply by 100.
Multiply 3.7 by 100 to express it as a percent.
Find the decimal form of 31/100, then convert it to a percent.
To get the percent of 345, just multiply by 100.
Divide 36/100 to get its decimal, then multiply to get the percent.