Understanding Percentages and Proportions

Understanding Percentages and Proportions

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

6th - 7th Grade

Hard

Created by

Thomas White

FREE Resource

The video tutorial explains how to calculate the percent of a shaded area in a shape. It begins by introducing the concept of percent as part over whole, using proportions. The tutorial then guides viewers through counting the total number of boxes and identifying the shaded ones. Finally, it demonstrates how to use cross multiplication to find the percent of the shaded area.

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the first step in finding the percent of a shaded part in a shape?

Identify the whole and the part.

Multiply the part by 100.

Divide the whole by the part.

Subtract the part from the whole.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the term 'percent' mean in mathematical terms?

A decimal number.

A whole number.

A part over a whole.

A fraction over 50.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the significance of the number 100 in finding percentages?

It represents the total number of boxes.

It is the base for calculating percentages.

It is the number of shaded boxes.

It is the number of unshaded boxes.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In sixth-grade math, how is a proportion used to find a percentage?

By multiplying the part by the whole.

By subtracting the part from the whole.

By setting up a ratio with 100.

By adding the part and the whole.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do you determine the total number of boxes in a shape?

Add the number of rows and columns.

Multiply the number of rows by the number of columns.

Count only the shaded boxes.

Subtract the number of shaded boxes from the total.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the total number of boxes in the given shape?

15

20

25

30

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many boxes are shaded in the given shape?

12

11

10

9

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