Math Quiz:

Understanding Percents
Intro To Percents Tutorial

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Percents are the ratios of numbers to 100.

You can remember that percents mean per one hundred

For example 9% is 9 per one hundred or 9 out of 100

This can be demonstrated on a 10 x 10 grid

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If a states sales tax is 7% the following statements are true

For every $1.00 you spend, you pay $0.07 in sales tax. For every $10.00 you spend, you pay $0.70 in sales tax.

For every $100.00 you spend, you pay $7.00 in sales tax.

Because percent means per one hundred, 100% is 100 out of 100

This is why100 is often referred to as the whole.

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Percents can be modeled on 10 x 10 grids. Model the following.

18% 70%

2%

100%

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Answers
18% 70%

2&

100%

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Percents can be written as fractions.

35 35% = ___ 100

Write the percent as a fraction with the denominator 100.

35 5 _______ 100 5

7 __ 20

Simplify by dividing 5 into the numerator and the denomator.

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Try this

Write 65% as a fraction in Simplest form.

Sandra has 20% body fat. What is the fraction of her body fat in simplest form?

7 __ 20

13 __ 20
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Percents can be written as decimals.

56 56% = ___ 100
Write the percent as a fraction with 100 as the denominator.

Divide 100 into 56.

0.56 100 56.00 500 600 600 0

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Shortcut: Percents can be written as fractions by taking the decimal point and moving it two places to

Your turn
55%

4%

.55

.04

16%

107%

.16 1.07 HINT: When converting percents to decimals DO NOT PUT THE % SIGN ON YOUR ANSWER!!

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Practice What You Have Learned

Cyber Chase http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/ga mes/percent/percent.html Number Invaders http://www.mathplayground.com /balloon_invaders_percent.html

Fractions and Percents Matching http://www.mathplayground.com /matching_fraction_percent.html Percentage P

Percentage P.I. http://funschool.kaboose.com/fo rmulafusion/games/game_perce ntage_pi.html

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Well Done! You are a now familiar with percents!

Water made up 95% of the liquids Micah drank yesterday. Write 95% as a decimal.
9.5 0.095

0.95

95.0

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Which word describes a comparison of a number to 100?

Percent Ratio

Decimal

Proportion

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What is 52% written as a fraction in simplest term?

13 __ 25 52 __ 100

26 __ 50

__ 3 5

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What is 12% of 50?

20 15

38

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The weather forecaster said that the chance of rain today was 60%. Which is another way to describe this number?
__ 6 1
6.0

15 __ 25

0.06

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What is 29% written as a fraction in simplest form ?

10 __ 29 13.5 __ 29

29 __ 100

13 __ 25

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Write 86% as a decimal.

0.86

8.6

86 __ 100

0.086

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True or false? 0.5= 2/5

True

False

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A store clerk has an 8% sales increase. Write the increase as a fraction in simplest form and a decimal.
__ 8 100 __ 12 25

0.8

8.0

__ 4 50

0.08

2 __ 25

0.08

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What is 0.4118 written as a percent?

.4118 % 4.118 %

411.8 %

41.18 %

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What IS 36.09 % written as a decimal?

3.609 36.09

0.3609

3609.0

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Write
52.65 %

9 __ 16

as a percent.
56.25 %

9.16%

0.916 %

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Well Done! You are a maths expert!

What is 0.067 written as a fraction and percent?

__ 67 100 6.7 % 6.7% 67 __ 1000

6.07%

67 __ 1000

67%

67 __ 100

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True or false. One way to write a fraction as a percent is to convert the fraction to a decimal then multiply by 100 ?
True False

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Watch the buses. What is the fraction of all the people the buses take each time?
__ 5 6 1 __ 3

__ 5 100

__ 4 6

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Well Done! You are a mathematician!