1. Percent I
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Definition
Percent can be defined as “of
one hundred.” of
100
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Definition
“Cent” comes from the Latin
and means 100.
Many words have come from the root cent such as century, centimeter,
centipede, & cent.
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Definition
The letter C in Roman Numerals
stands for 100 or “cent”.
CCC means three
hundred.
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Percent and Money
We write our change from a
dollar in hundredths.
If you understand
money, learning
percents is a breeze.
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6. Comparing Money & Percents
$ .50 is ½ of a dollar
50% also means ½
$1.00
50¢ =
50¢
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7. Comparing Money & Percents
50% means ½
50% of 6 stars is 3 stars
50% of =
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8. Comparing Money & Percents
Fraction
Simplified
Percent
Decimal
Fraction
50%
.50 50
100 1 2 = = =
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9. 50 % Means 50 parts out of 100 or 50 hundredths. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
100
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10. Comparing Money & Percents
$ .25 is ¼ of a dollar
25% also means ¼
$1.00
25¢ =
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11. Comparing Money & Percents
25% means ¼
25% of 8 lemons is 2 lemons =
25% of
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12. Comparing Money & Percents
Fraction
Simplified
Percent
Decimal
Fraction
25%
.25 25
100 1 4 = = =
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13. 25 % Means 25 parts out of 100 or 25 hundredths. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
100
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14. Comparing Money & Percents
$ .10 is 1/10 of a dollar
10% also means 1/10
10¢
$1.00 =
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15. Comparing Money & Percents
10% means 1/10
10% of 10 ice creams is 1 ice cream =
10% of
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16. Comparing Money & Percents
Fraction
Simplified
Percent
Decimal
Fraction
10%
.10 10
100 1 10 = = =
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17. 10 % Means 10 parts out of 100 or 10 hundredths. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
100
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Credits
Illustrations from:
Corel Gallery by Corel Corp.
Broderbund ClipArt T/Maker Co.
Clipart from “Microsoft Clip
Gallery” located on the Internet at
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