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by: Charmaine C and Julie I

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100% is everything 100/100

50% is 50/100 or 1/2 = TO FIND 50%, YOU CAN DIVIDE IT BY 2

10% IS 10/100 or 1/10 = TO FIND 10%, YOU CAN DIVIDE IT BY 10

25% 25 out of 100 or 25/100 = 1/4, TO FIND 25% YOU CAN DIVIDE BY 4

Convertion :

Percent --> Fraction

- %/100     89%     89/100

Percent --> Decimal

- percent number divided by 100

% ÷ 100

EXAMPLE : 89% ÷ 100  = .89

Percent --> Ratio

- numerator : denominator

percent /100

100 - percent = part 2

         (part 1)

Fraction --> Percent

- numerator divided by denominator = ANSWER x 100 = percent

EXAMPLE : 3 divided by 4 x 100 = 75%

Decimal --> Percent

- decimal multiply by 100

EXAMPLE : .42 x 100 = 42%

Ratio --> Percent

- part 1 : part 2

numerator / denominator = decimal x 100 = percent

Percent Questions :

1.) What is 20% of 156?

100/100 = 1

156/100 = 1.56

1.56 x 20 = 31.2

31.2/156 = 0.2

20/100 = 0.2

2.) 30 is 29% of what number?

29/29 = 1

30/29 = 1.034

1.034 x 100 = 103.4

3.) 44 is what percent of 62?

60/41 = __ /100

60 divided by 41 = 1.46 x 100 = 146.3

60/41 = 1.46

146.3/100 = 1.46

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