23. Percentages Talk About The word ‘percent’ means ‘for each hundred’.
The word ‘cent’ is found in a lot of different words: centimetre, centipede, century and 1 cent. What do you think each one of these words means?
Write Fractions and Decimals as Percentages
Like fractions and decimals, we use percent to describe a proportion or a quantity. There were 100 questions in the test and Jessica got 78 right. We can express this as 78
___ 100, 0.78 or 78%. Each means 78 out of 100.
___ 100 = 0.78 = 78%
78 We use the percent symbol (%) to express percent.
1. Write these results as a decimal and percentage. a) 55
___ 100 = 0.
= %
___ 100
100 b) 7
___ 100
100
c) 99 ___
i)
b) 89 ___
2. Express these fractions as percentages. a) 22
g) 84 ___
h) 62 ___
100 9
___ 100
j) Strand: Number 164
Curriculum Objectives: Develop an understanding of simple percentages and relate them to fractions and decimals; solve problems involving operations with whole numbers, fractions, decimals and simple percentages.