This document discusses what a percent is and how to calculate it. It explains that a percent means out of 100, and provides examples like a penny being 1% of a dollar since a dollar breaks down into 100 pennies. It also gives two methods for finding the percent of a quantity: dividing the numerator by the denominator when breaking something into 100 parts, or dividing the denominator into the numerator.
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Day 5 converting fractions
2. Create a drawing to show how to
divide the candy bars evenly
between the students who are in
3. WHAT IS A PERCENT?
THE WORD PERCENT COMES FROM THE
WORDS PER CENT, MEANING OUT OF 100
4. A penny is of a dollar because a dollar bre
down into 100 pennies. $1.00 = 100 x .01 or 1%
5. TWO WAYS WE CAN FIND THE PERCENT OF A
FRACTIONS
WHENEVER WE BREAK SOMETHING INTO 100
PARTS, YOU GET 1% OF THE WHOLE
Step 1. 50 100 =.50
= 50%
Step 2. 25 x .5 = 50