What is a percent?
-Means out of 100
-Another name for hundreths
-Ex. 76% means 76 out of 100
4.1 Representing Percents
-You can represent a percent by shading in a hundred grid
-You can also use more than one grid to represent a percent larger than 100
-If representing a fractional percent, you can shade in a part of one square
Ex.
4.2 Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
-Fractions, decimals, and percents can be used to represent numbers in various situations
-Percents can also be written as fractions and decimals
Ex. 50% = 0.5 = ½
4.3 Percent of a Number
-To find percents of some numbers, you can use mental math strategies such as halving, doubling and dividing by ten
-Write a percent as a decimal and multiply it by the number to find the percent of a number
Ex. 12 ½ % of 50 = 0.125 x 50 = 6.25
4.4 Combining Percents
-You can add some percents in order to solve a problem
-To find the increase of a number,
-You can add the combined percent amount to the original amount
Ex. 19% of 100 = 0.19 x 100 = 19
100 + 19 = 119
- You can multiply the original number by a single percent greater than 100
Ex. 119% of 100 = 1.19 x 100 = 119
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Great Job Hanna! I liked how your picture was very easy and understandable. It was very neat. I liked how you chose colour so that it can stand out, next time don't have such big spacing. ( Shift+Enter) shouldn't make such a big gap, good job Hanna!
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