Modeling Benchmark Percents

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What is a percent?

Back

A percent is a way to express a number as a fraction of 100. It means 'out of 100.'

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How can you write a percent as a fraction?

Back

You can write a percent as a fraction with a denominator of 100. For example, 25% can be written as 25/100.

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What does it mean if 50% of a group is shaded?

Back

It means that half of the group is shaded, or 50 out of every 100 parts.

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How do you find the percent of a shaded area in a grid?

Back

Divide the number of shaded squares by the total number of squares and then multiply by 100.

Front

What is 10% of 200?

Back

10% of 200 is 20.

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Front

True or False: 25% can be simplified to 1/4.

Back

True.

Front

If a circle is divided into 10 equal parts and 3 are shaded, what percent is shaded?

Back

30%.

Front

What is the formula to convert a fraction to a percent?

Back

Multiply the fraction by 100.

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If 15 out of 50 students passed a test, what percent passed?

Back

30%.

Front

What does it mean if something is 100%?

Back

It means the whole or total amount is being considered.