Describe the strategy for teaching students to convert decimal numerals to percentages. Include the rule the text recommends teaching the students and provide the rationale for this rule

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The students are taught to write a percent sign and move the decimal point two places toward the percent sign. The wording for this procedure is designed to assist students in determining the direction to move the decimal point. After presenting the rule, the teacher applies the rule to a range of examples including mixed decimals and decimal numbers with tenth, hundredth, and thousandth decimal places.

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