Understanding Percentages and Decimals

What mathematical concept are percentages closely related to?

• Decimals

• Fractions

• Whole numbers

• Geometry

Which of these is an everyday use for percentages?

• Measuring the length of a table

• Calculating how much sales tax you pay

• Finding the area of a shape

• Counting the number of apples in a basket

When a percent is written as a fraction, what number is always at the bottom?

• 10

• 100

• 1

• 0

What does the word "percent" literally mean?

• For each

• For every

• Per 100

• A small part

Convert 62% to a decimal.

• 0.062

• 6.2

• 0.62

• 62.0

What is 4% as a decimal?

• 0.4

• 0.04

• 4.0

• 40.0

What is 142% as a decimal?

• 0.142

• 14.2

• 1.42

• 142.0

Convert 0.38 to a percentage.

• 3.8%

• 38%

• 0.38%

• 380%