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Finding a Percent of a Number

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  • To find the percent of a number, translate the sentence into an equation
    • “of” means times
    • “what” means unknown variable

Finding a Percent of a Number

50% of 30 is ?

  • 50% = .50
  • .50 ×30

15

12% of 26 is ?

  • 12% = .12
  • .12 ×26

3.12

What is 25% of 40

  • 25% = .25
  • .25 ×40

10

What number is 13% of 10?

  • 13% = .13
  • .13 ×10

1.3

What number is 30% of 90

  • 30% =.30
  • .30 ×90

27

Find 5 percent of 60

  • 5% = .05
  • .05 ×60

3

Find 100% of 37

  • 100% = 1
  • 1 ×37

37

Find 1% of 2500

  • 1% = 0.01
  • 0.01 ×2500

25

A bag of candy contains 35 pieces. If Susana ate 40% of the candy, how many pieces did she eat?

  • 40% = .40
  • .40 ×35

14

A bag of candy contains 15 pieces. If John ate 20% of the candy, how many piecees did she eat?

  • 20% = 0.2
  • 0.2 ×15

3

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Finding a Percent of a Number

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Mathematics: Basic Math