Understanding Percentages

What does 50% mean in terms of parts out of 100?

• 50 + 50 = 100

• 50 parts out of 100 are shaded/taken.

• 100 - 50 = 50

• All answers are correct.

How would you write "25 out of 100" as a percentage?

• 30%

• 25/100 %

• 0.25%

• 25%

If a whole is divided into 100 equal parts, what does 1% represent?

• 1 is equal to 100 parts

• 99%

• 1 part out of 100 is shaded

• None of the answers is correct.

What is the percentage symbol, and where do we place it when writing a percentage?

• %, placed after a number

• $, placed after a number

• %, placed before a number

• #, placed after a number

How do you write "one-quarter" as a percentage?

• 5%

• 45%

• 25%

• 75%

Convert ¾ to percentage.

• 75%
• 90%

• 60%

• 10%

Convert ⅖ to percentage.

• 40%
• 80%

• 60%

• 35%

Convert ½ to percentage.

• 50%
• 60%

• 40%

• 10%

Convert 0.42 to percentage.

• 12%

• 58%

• 32%

• 42%

Convert 0.9 to percentage.

• 9%

• 90%

• 99%

• 0.9%