Converting to Percentages, page 84
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 8/19 to get a decimal, then multiply to get the percent.
Divide 8/28 to get a decimal, then multiply for the percent.
Find the percent form of 88 by multiplying by 100.
Change 9.5 to percent by multiplying by 100.
To represent 900 as a percent, just multiply by 100.
Convert 92/100 to percent by dividing and then multiplying.
To express 4.39 as a percent, multiply by 100.
Find the percent form of 0.564 by multiplying by 100.
Convert 0.0003 to percent by multiplying it by 100.
To get the percent form of 0.0034, multiply it by 100.
You can find the percent of 0.011 by multiplying by 100.
Convert 0.021 to percent by multiplying by 100.