6-1 Understand Percent

A percent is a __________________ in which a term is compared to 100.

• whole

• rate

• part

• grid

An example of a percent is ___________.

You can use a ___________________ to represent percent.

• rate

• term

• whole

• grid

Lesli's fruit salad contains 40% grapes. Which figure represents 40%?

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A percent is the number of hundredths that represents the _______________ of a _________________.

• part, whole

• whole, part

• term, rate

• rate, term

The following are NOT examples of percent.  There may be more than one answer.

• $\frac{5}{7}$

• 12.5%

• 56

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•  $\frac{23}{100}$  

What percent of the figure is shaded?

Peter babysits his sister on Monday and Friday. He babysits for his neighbor 40% of the days Monday through Friday. He babysits for his sister and his neighbor on different days. On the weekend Peter babysits 50% of the days. How many days does Peter babysit each week.

Sixty percent of the flowers in Karen's garden are roses. Which of the following shows 60% roses?

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Select all the figures that are shaded to represent 60% of the whole.

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