Percentage

Part #1
 What is a “Percentage”
A percentage is a number or ratio that represents a
fraction of 100. It is often denoted by the symbol "%"
or simply as "percent" or "pct".
Let’s visually see what we mean when we
say “A percentage is a number or ratio that
represents a fraction of 100”
Let’s assume we have a box made up of
100 smaller boxes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70

71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
 Each one of the smaller boxes is actually
one part of the larger box divided into 100
and so we can say each box is one percent
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70

71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
Now if we have to represent 30 percent
using this example of the large box we
would fill in 30 small boxes with yellow
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70

71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
 Let’s look at a few more examples

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70

71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90

91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

45 percent 50 percent 90 percent

 Question #1
Fraction Percentage
35
35 boys out of 100 children 35%
100

18
18 apples of 100 fruits 18%
100

16
16 red pencils from 100 color pencils 16%
100
 Question #2
Fraction Percentage
13
13 white cars out of 100 cars 13%
100

55
55 students of 100 students 55%
100

60
60 girls from 100 girls 60%
100
 Question #3
Express as a percentage

3 3 25 75
4
=
4
X
25
=
100
= 75%
 Question #4
Express as a percentage

4 4 10 40
10
=
10
X
10
=
100
= 40%
 Question #5
Express as a percentage

3 3 20 60
5
=
5
X
20
=
100
= 60%
 Question #6
Express as a percentage

18 18 5 90
20
=
20
X
5
=
100
= 90%
 Question #7
Express as a percentage

16 16 . 4 4
400
=
400 . 4
=
100
= 4%
 Question #8
Express as a percentage

54 54 . 3 18
300
=
300 . 3
=
100
= 18%
 Question #9
Express as a percentage

890 890 . 10 89
=
1000 1000 . 10
=
100
= 89%
 Question #10
Express as a fraction

20 20 . 20 1
20% = 100 = 100 . 20 =
5
 Question #11
Express as a fraction

35 35 . 5 7
35% = 100 = 100 . 5
=
20
 Question #12
Express as a fraction

48 48 . 4 12
48% = 100 = 100 . 4
=
25
 Question #13
Express as a fraction

66 66 . 2 33
66% = 100 = 100 . 2
=
50
 Question #14
Express as a percentage

2 10 20
0.2 =
10
X
10
=
100
= 20%
 Question #15
Express as a percentage

36
0.36 =
100
= 36%
 Question #16
Express as a percentage

88
0.88 =
100
= 88%
 Question #17
Express as a decimal value

3
3% =
100
= 0.03
 Question #18
Express as a decimal value

25
25% =
100
= 0.25
 Last Question (#19)
Express as a decimal value

88
88% =
100
= 0.88
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