Percent II

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Percent II

• by Monica Yuskaitis

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Definition

• Percent can be defined as of
• one hundred.

of
100
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20 Means
20 parts out of 100 or 20 hundredths.
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Percents Have Equivalents in Decimals and
Fractions
Fraction Simplified
Decimal
Fraction
Percent
20
.20



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How to Find the Percent of a Whole Number

• The first thing to remember is of means
  multiply in mathematics.

of
x

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How to Find the Percent of a Whole Number

• Step 1 - When you see a percent problem you know
  when you read of in the problem you multiply.

x
25 of 200
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How to Find the Percent of a Whole Number

• Step 2 Change your percent to a decimal and
  then move it two places to the left.

.
.
25 x 200
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How to Find the Percent of a Whole Number

• Step 3 Multiply just like a regular decimal
  multiplication problem.

200
x .
25
1000
400
5000
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How to Find the Percent of a Whole Number

• Step 4 Place the decimal point 2 places to the
  left in your answer.

200
x .
25
1000
400
.
5000
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What is the percent of this number?
.
20 of 820
.
x
820
x .
20
000
1640
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16400
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What is the percent of this number?
.
x
40 of 725
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2
1
725
x .
40
000
2900
.
29000
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What is the percent of this number?
.
x
60 of 692
.
1
5
692
x .
60
000
4152
.
21520
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