3. What percentage of each of these is red; blue; white? a)
b)
c)
Write Percentages as Fractions and Decimals 4. Express these percentages as fractions. a) 35% = ___
100
e) 90% i) 8%
b) 2% f) 16% j) 10%
d) 14%
b) 52% e) 38%
c) 77% g) 81% k) 66%
5. Draw 100-squares and shade in the following. a) 27%
Find a Percentage of a Number
6. I had 100 sweets and I shared out 68 among my friends. a) What percentage of the sweets did I share? b) What percentage of the sweets did I have left?
7. There are 100 pages in the book I started reading and I read 23
a) What percentage did I read? b) What percentage do I have left to read?
Calculate Percentages
Fractions are not always written as hundredths, so before we change them to percentages, we need to write them as equivalent fractions with a denominator of 100: