Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

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What is a fraction?

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A fraction represents a part of a whole and is written as 'a/b', where 'a' is the numerator and 'b' is the denominator.

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What is a decimal?

Back

A decimal is a way of expressing numbers that are not whole, using a point to separate the whole number part from the fractional part.

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What is a percentage?

Back

A percentage is a way of expressing a number as a fraction of 100, denoted by the symbol '%'.

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How do you convert a fraction to a decimal?

Back

Divide the numerator by the denominator.

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How do you convert a decimal to a percentage?

Back

Multiply the decimal by 100 and add the '%' symbol.

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How do you convert a percentage to a decimal?

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Divide the percentage by 100.

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What is 1/2 as a decimal?

Back

0.5

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What is 25% as a decimal?

Back

0.25

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What is 0.75 as a percentage?

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75%.

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Order the following from greatest to least: 0.5, 0.25, 0.75

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0.75, 0.5, 0.25.