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Day 3
Percentages
Write each percent as a decimal
Write each decimal as a percent
Percent a ratio that compares a number to 100.
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(3)percents.notebook February 04, 2016
Writing a decimal as a percent
One way to change a decimal to a percent is to move the
decimal point two places to the right and add a percent sign.
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30 is 75% of 40.
Finding a part of the whole
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Finding Percents
2. Round to the nearest tenth.
a) What percent of 250 is 138? b) 14 is what percent of 15?
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Find the whole amount
Round to the nearest tenth.
a) 19 is 75% of what number? b) 310 is 99% of what number?