Understanding Percents
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6th Grade
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Lorissa Yoder
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Understanding Percents
Math Lesson 11-1
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What is a percent?
A percent is a special kind of ratio in which the first term is compared to 100. The percent is the number of hundredths that represents the part of the whole.
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Seven out of ten people prefer Crest toothpaste.
What PERECENTAGE of people prefer Crest toothpaste?
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Use a grid to model percent!
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Or use a proportion to find the percent!
We use x/100 as our second ratio because a percent is a part of 100.
We will be going through this method more tomorrow!
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What percentage of the grid is shaded pink?
Hint: this grid has 100 total squares!
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Multiple Choice
What percentage of the grid is shaded pink?
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What percentage of the grid is shaded green?
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Multiple Choice
What percentage of the grid is shaded green?
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What percentage of the grid is shaded purple?
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Multiple Choice
What percentage of the grid is shaded purple?
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What percentage of the stars are shaded red?
Hint: we see 10 stars shown, but percent refers to 100!
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Multiple Choice
What percentage of stars are shaded red?
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What percentage of stars are shaded yellow?
Hint: our total is out of 5 in the example, but percent is out of 100.
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Multiple Choice
What percentage of the stars are shaded yellow?
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What percentage of the number line is shaded black?
Hint: The number line is out of 10, percent is out of 100.
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Multiple Choice
What percentage of the number line is shaded black?
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Understanding Percents
Math Lesson 11-1
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