A decimal shows numbers in tenths, hundredths, and other powers of ten. A fraction can be shown in other ways such as elevenths and fifteenths as well as tenths and hundredths.
A decimal is a fraction: it is a fraction in decimal form. A percentage is simply the numerator of a rational fraction whose denominator has been re-scaled to 100.
Same value -- different formats 37/100 (fraction) = 0.37 (decimal) = 37%
You could call it writing a number in different forms.
a decimal fraction means a fraction that changes into a decimal or a decimal that changes into a farction
Fractions and decimals are alike because you can make a fraction into a decimal (here's an exanple; 1/2 can be made into 0.5) and vice versa. The only difference is the different forms they are written in; a fraction is written in fraction form and a decimal is written in decimal form.
0.21 is a decimal fraction.
0.4 as a fraction and decimal
A decimal number is one in which the place value of each digit is ten times the place value of the digit to its right. (... , thousands, hundreds, tens, units, tenths, hundredths, ... ) A decimal point is used to separate the units from the tenths. If a number in decimal form has non-zero digits after the decimal point then it is a decimal fraction. [There is one esoteric exception: if the decimal point is followed by an infinite string of 9s, then it is not a decimal fraction.] Thus 37.6 is a decimal fraction 0.6 is a decimal fraction 0.00000063 is a decimal fraction 37 is not a decimal fraction. 37.0 is not a decimal fraction. 37.999... recurring is no a decimal fraction [it is in fact = 38].
It is called a decimal fraction.
That already is a decimal fraction.
930 is not a fraction but as a decimal, it is 930
The answer depends on what you want to "do" into a fraction or decimal. Not all numbers can be "done" into a fraction.