Justin Gacilan's Final Percent Post

A percent means out of 100 it can be represented as a decimal or fraction.

example - 25% means 25 out of a 100 and , or 25/100 or 0.25

4.1 Representing Percents
To be able to represent a percent you need to use a grid chart out of 100, one shaded grid chart means that all the squares shaded in represents 100%. If you want to show a percent that is larger than 100% you need to shade in more then one grid chart. To represent a percent between 0% and 1% you would shade in one square.
Fractional Percent - A percent that includes a portion of a percent.
example - 1/2%, 0.42%, 73/8%, 3/4%, 4.5%

4.2 Fractions, Decimals, & Percents
Fractions, decimals, and percents can be used to represent numbers in many ways.
Percents can be written as fraction as decimals.
example - 1/2% = 0.5% 0.5% = 0.5/100 = 0.005
150%= 150/100 =1.5 or 11/2
423/4%=42.75% 42.75%=42.75/100 =0.4275

4.3 Percent of a Number
You can use strategies like doubling,halving, and dividing by ten to find the percent of the number.
To calculate the percent of a number, write the percent as a decimal and then multiply the number.