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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.
For 250, its percent value is 100 times the number.
Divide 27/32 to get a decimal, then multiply for the percent.
Convert 27/90 to percent by dividing and then multiplying by 100.
Divide 270/300 to get a decimal, then multiply by 100 for the percent.
Convert 28/100 to decimal by dividing, then find its percent.
Get the percent of 28/80 by dividing and then multiplying.
Convert 3 1/5 to a decimal first, then find the percent.
For 3 16/25, multiply and add, then convert to a percent.
To get 3 2/3 in percent, multiply, add, and then divide.
Multiply 3 4/100 for a decimal, then scale to a percent.
To express 3/400 as a percent, divide and then multiply by 100.
Multiply and add 3 5/8 for a decimal, then convert to percent.