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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 45/75 to get a decimal, then multiply to get the percent.
Convert 46 to its percent form by multiplying by 100.
Divide 5/17 to get a decimal, then multiply for the percent.
Divide 5/21 and then multiply by 100 to get the percent.
Divide 60/100 to get its decimal, then multiply to get the percent.
Multiply 62.5 by 100 to convert it to a percent.
Divide 62/100 to get a decimal, then multiply by 100 for the percent.
Get the percent of 63/100 by dividing and then multiplying.
Convert 66 to a percent by simply multiplying by 100.
To get the percent of 67/100, divide and then multiply by 100.
Start with multiplying 7 1/7, sum up, divide, and get the percent.
Change 7.1 to a percent by multiplying by 100.