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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 get the percent form of 1.43, multiply it by 100.
Turn 1.5 into its percent form by multiplying by 100.
1.65 as a percent is simply 1.65 multiplied by 100.
Divide 1/150 and then multiply by 100 to get the percent.
Divide 1/19 to get a decimal, then multiply to get the percent.
First divide 1/450, then multiply by 100 to get the percent.
Divide 1/64 to get a decimal, then multiply by 100 for the percent.
Convert 1/90 to a decimal by dividing, then multiply for the percent.
To find the percent of 10/10, divide first, then multiply by 100.
For fraction 10/3, find the decimal and then change it to percent.
Convert 100/125 to percent by dividing and then multiplying.
For 11/3, divide to get a decimal, then multiply for the percent.