Guided Notes: What is a Percent?

1. When are we going to use percentages in real life __________________________

2. List 6 things we use percentages for in real life (4 is listed in the video)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
3. Overall a Percent is a _______________________.
4. A percent is a special ____________________ that always has 100 in the
_________________.
5. Since all percents are over _____________ we ignore the bottom and instead
use the symbol ______.
6. 15% is the same as -------- in _________ form.
7. Breaking down percent, per refers to
__________________________________________, and cent means
_____________________________. So percent literally means _______________.
8. Fill in the following table to convert the percents into the fraction form.
3
5
10
25
75
98
9. In percentages, can you have 0%? Yes / no ?
10.It is okay to have zero on the ____________ of a fraction, but not the
_____________.
Why? (use google)

11. In percentages, can you have 100%? Yes / no ? If so what is the name of this
percent as a fraction?__________________
12.Can you have a percent bigger than 100%? If so what is the name of the
fraction called this makes? ________________ have you heard this term
before? Yes / no?

13.For decimals percents are _____________ 10 numbers because their bottom

number is always _______.
14.We can convert 15% into -------- as its fraction form. We can then convert this
into a decimal which will give us ______________.
15.In the shortcut way converting 35% into a decimal we first write the number
in __________ form. Next we image where the _________ _____________ should be
shown. Now you know where the __________ _______________ is you move it
_________ places __________ from the percent sign, and you get _____________.
Finally, you remove the _____________. This converts the problem from being
in __________ form into ____________ form.
16.Convert the following table into Decimals
62
%
75
%
99
%
4%
1%
0%
100
%
142
%
17.For review a percent is a special ____________ that always has ___________ for
the ______________. You can convert it to either _______________ or
______________ form.S