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Fill in the blanks to make the statement true: To convert a decimal into a percent, we shift the decimal point two places to the _________.


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Explain conversion of decimal into percentage

The conversion of decimal to percentage is defined by multiplication of the percentage value, 100, with the given decimal value.

It is done by shifting the decimal point in the given number two places towards the “right”.

For example: We have a decimal number 0.324.

To convert this into percentage we will shift the decimal point two place towards the right which will define the multiplication with percentage value.

0.324×10032.4%

Therefore, to convert a decimal into a percent, we shift the decimal point two places to the right.


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