Math Antics - What Are Percentages?

A percent is a special fraction that always has ___________ as the bottom number. 

If it’s a percent, then no matter what the top number is, the ______________ number will be 100.

Instead, we use this handy little symbol _______________  called a percent sign. Whenever you see this symbol after a number, it means the number is a ________________.

Because a percent is really a ____________ that always has ________ as the ______________ number,

Percents make even more sense if you know what the word percent means.

The prefix of the word (per) means “_______ _______” or “_________  ________”.

And the root word (cent) is Latin for ________.  That’s why there’s 100 cents in a _____________.

So, percent literally means “_______ _______ ” and that’s why they’re shortcuts for writing fractions that have 100 as the bottom number.

Can you have 0% ?  _____________!

Can there be a percent greater than 100% _______________ .

Do you agree that 15%= 15/100= 0.15   __________________________.