1. Part of a whole can be described by what word that we have been discussing? Question of the day

2. agenda Go over chart (decimal, fraction, percent) Class exercise Part of whole percent notes ( very short) Mark down and discounts Review questions

3. Comprehension check FractionDecimalPercent

4. To find what percent There are 13 girls in Mrs. Flynn’s fifth period and 11 boys. What percentage of her class is girls?

5. You try Gray middle school has 362 sixth graders, 336 seventh graders and 362 eighth graders. What percentage of Gray is in the seventh grade?

6. Class exercise What percentage of our class is girls? What percentage of our class is wearing jeans? What percentage of our class is blond? What percentage of our class is a wearing a mostly white shirt?

7. Discounts Since Wendy works for Flynnland Park, she gets a 15% discount. She is buying a “Flynn Rules” T-shirt that costs $20. What will be the discount? %= 15 100=100 (this is always true) Part = unknown Whole = $20 the original cost

8. solve %= 15 100=100 (this is always true) Part = unknown Whole = $20 the original cost

9. Now we know the discount Know the discount is $3.00, we subtract it from the original cost $20.00 - $3.00 So after the discount her shirt will cost $17.00

10. Markdowns are done the same way A store has decided to mark down all their sofas by 20%. If a sofa costs $750 what would the cost be after the markdown? You try

11. assignment Ask ten people these three questions. ( make sure they answer yes or no) Record your results Find the percentage of yes and no’s for each question 1) Are you older than 18? 2) Is football your favorite sport? 3) Does you phone number start with a 3?

12. Exit ticket Describe steps to finding percentage of a group Example 1. 2. 3.