Finding Percentages: A Practical Approach

The video tutorial explains how to find 25% of the number 76. It begins by replacing the word 'of' with multiplication and converting 25% into a fraction (25/100), which simplifies to 1/4. The tutorial then demonstrates multiplying this fraction by 76, simplifying the result to 76/4, and finally calculating the answer as 19. This method can be applied to find percentages of other numbers as well.

What operation can replace 'of' when finding a percentage of a number?

• Subtraction

• Addition

• Multiplication

• Division

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

How can 25% be written as a fraction?

• 1/2

• 1/5

• 1/10

• 1/4

What is the first step in simplifying 25/100?

• Add 76 to the fraction

• Subtract 25 from 100

• Multiply by 76

• Divide both numerator and denominator by 25

What is 76/4?

• 18

• 19

• 20

• 21

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CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

If you have 25% of $76, how much money do you have?

• $20

• $21

• $19

• $18

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C