Percentage!
Term 2 Week 8
What is a Percentage??
Monday
A percentage is a amount in each hundred, a rate or number. A percentage is also a ratio whose ssecond term is term is 100,percentage means parts of hundred. The word comes fromlatin phrase per centum, which means per hundred. In mathmatices, we use the symbol % for a percentage.
You may find a Percentage just about any where financial institions, maths class, shopping discounts, discounts, tax, commsition, statistices, clothing tags.
Tuesday
What I did today.
The connections you found between fractions, decimals and percentages
The six things you had written down, e.g 35% = 0.35 = 35/100
25% =25/100 =1/4 = 0.25 remaning. 75%
8% = 8/100 = 0.08 remaning. 67%
24% = 24/100 = 0.24 remaning 43%
21% = 21/100 = 0.21 remaning 21%
7% = 7/100 = 0.07 remaning 15%
15% = 15/100 = 0.15 remaning 0.%
Wednesday
How to find 50%
1/2
0.5 x 36=18
2÷
How to find 10%
1/10
0.1x36= 0.36
10÷
How to find 25%
1/4
0.25x 36= 9
4÷
How to find 5%
5/100
0.05x 36= 1.8
How to find 2%
0.02x 36= 0.72
How to find 1%
0.01x 36= 0.36