Subject: Mathematics

Topic: Percentage and its

Applications
Grade: VIII

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 Learning Outcomes

After completing the session you will able to

 comprehend the meaning of percentage

 recall the concept of conversion of fractions, decimals and ratios
into percentages and vice versa

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 “Anil and Sunil got their report cards. Anil secured 30 marks out of 50 and Sunil secured 14 marks out of
25 in mathematics. Sunil claimed that he got better marks than Anil. But Anil argued that he had done
better than Sunil.

Do you agree with Anil?

How will you find out who has done better and by how much?

We will first convert both the fractions into equivalent fractions and then compare the scores.

Anil’s score = Sunil’s score =

So who scored higher marks?

Can we compare the scores in any other method?

We can compare the performance of Anil

and Sunil by finding their percentage

Percentage is another way of comparing quantities.

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 Per cent means

“out of hundred”

“per hundred”

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 Percentage

A per cent is the ratio of a number to 100

The symbol % is used to indicate that a number is a percent.

For example, 60% is the ratio 60 to 100, or

Per cents can be written as fractions or decimals.

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 Conversions

Percentage to fraction Replace % sign by .

45% = Reduce the fraction to its simplest form

Fraction to percentage Multiply the fraction by 100 % .

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 Percentage to fraction

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 Example of Writing Fractions as Percentage

Write as a per cent.

Write an equivalent fraction with a

denominator of 100.

Write the fraction as a percent.

Helpful Hint
The method shown in above example works only if the given
denominator is a factor or multiple of 100.
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 Example of Writing Fractions as Percentage

Write as a per cent.

Use division to write a fraction as a

decimal.

Write the decimal as a percent.

Helpful Hint
The method shown in above example works for any denominator.

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 Conversions
Percentage to decimal Replace % sign by .

45% =

Example 2: Write 43 % as a decimal.

43% = Write the per cent as a fraction with a

denominator of 100

Write the fraction as a decimal

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 Notice that both 43% and 0.43 mean “43 hundredths.”
Another way to write a percent as a decimal is to delete the percent
sign and move the decimal point two places to the left.

43.% = 0.43
Decimal to percentage Multiply by 100 and attach % to it.

Express the decimal as a fraction and then

the fraction to a percentage.

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 Conversions

Percentage to ratio Convert to fraction and write as ratio.

45% =

Ratio to percentage Write as fraction and convert to percent.

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 Try Your Self
Write each decimal as a percent.

1) 0.05 5% 2) 0.9 90%

Write each fraction as a percent.

75% 15 %

Write 64 % as a decimal. 0.64

About 94 % of all animals are insects.

Express this percent as a fraction.

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