Transcript Percents
Percents By: Erica Perry Definition “Per hundred” or “out of one hundred” Hundred Square This is a “hundred square.” 50 out of 100 little squares have been shaded in. 50% out of 100 squares is represented. Working Percent Problems • In percent problems, just as in fraction problems, “of” implies multiplication: “x percent of a number means “x% times a number.” Different Ways for Percents Percent to Decimal-divide the percent by 100 (83 divided by 100 = 0.83). • Percent to Fraction- Place the number in the percent over 100 and reduce. Example of a Problem • For example, “48% of the students in the school are boys” means that out of every 100 students in the school, 48 are boys. Citations • • • • • • • • • http://www.jamesbrennan.org/algebra/numbers/percents.htm www.aaaknow.com/pct.htm http://www.coolmath.com/prealgebra/03percents/images/percents01-01-5.gif http://i.ehow.com/images/a04/71/0l/add-percents-200X200.jpg http://www.tutornext.com/system/files/u59/Pictures%20for%20tv 2_86.gif http://www.presentationpictures.com/pictures/percents00 971c.JPG http://www.mccc.edu/~kelld/IMG00004.GIF http://www.solving-math-problems.com/imagefiles/num_3_mov_2-green.png http://www.vectorious.net/data/media/4/0641-Set-ofvector-3d-sale-percents.jpg