Monday, January 17, 2011

Mike's Final Percent Post

A percent means out of 100 , another name for hundredths and can be expressed as decimals or fractions.



REPRESENTING PERCENTS
Shade squares on a grid of 100 squares called a hundred grid to represent a percent. A completely shaded grid represents 100%. If you shade more than one grid, that represents a percent greater than 100%. To represent a fractional percent between 0% and 1%, you have to shade part of one square. Also, to represent a fractional percent greater than 1% you have to shade squares from the hundred grid to show the whole number, then shade part of a square the grid to show the fraction.





PERCENT OF A NUMBER

Use mental math strategies such as doubling, halving, and dividing by 10 to find the percents of some numbers. Write the percent as a decimal and then multiply by the number.

Example:14 1/2% of 60 = 0.145z60 = 8.7


COMBINING PERCENTS


Adding Percents can solve problems.


To calculate the increase in any number, add the combined percents to the original number.


Example: 30% of 100=0.30x100=30, 30+100=130


Or multiply.


Example:130% of 100 = 1.30x 100= 115


Percents of percents can be used to determine amounts that result from consecutive increases or decreases.



Percent Review Video:




Here's a video about 'Percents'

4 comments:

  1. Good job, Michael! I liked your video and how you defined each part of the chapter. Next time, add a link to your scribe post, add in some examples, and make your font larger. Keep it up!

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  2. Good Job Michael! I liked how you added in color, pictures and video unto your scribe, but next time try adding in a link to your scribe post and make your font larger. Other than that, Great job!

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  3. Good job Michael. I liked that you explained all the chapters. Next time you should add a link.

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  4. GOOD JOB MICHEAL! I liked how you added right amount of colours, video, and a link. Next time, try to make your font a little bit larger. Other than that,good job and keep it up!

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