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Percentage Concept One. What Does Percent Mean?. Percent means “out of 100”. So 41% is like saying 41 parts out of 100. Imagine a 100 page magazine. If you read 41 pages, you’ve read 41% of the magazine. What Does Percent Mean?.
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What Does Percent Mean? Percent means “out of 100”. So 41% is like saying 41 parts out of 100. Imagine a 100 page magazine. If you read 41 pages, you’ve read 41% of the magazine.
What Does Percent Mean? Percents show a portion (41 pages) of a 100 part whole (100 pages). If we’re talking about 100 pages, the whole, we are talking about 100%.
QUIZ In a poll of 100 voters, 63 said they wanted a new train station. What percent of voters want a new train station 100% 63% 37%
Correct! Out of 100 voters (the whole), 63 voters (the part) said they wanted a new train station. That’s 63 out of 100 or 63%.
Sorry, that’s incorrect. Out of 100 voters (the whole), 63 voters (the part) said they wanted a new train station. That’s 63 out of 100 or 63%.
How Can We Show Percents as Fractions? 41% = 41 out of 100 or 41/100. In fractions, the bottom number represents the whole (100 parts) and the top number represents the parts we’re talking about (41). 100% is the same as 1, since 100 ÷100= 1.
QUIZ Which fraction represents 77%? 7/100 77/100 77
Correct! 77% = to 77 out of 100 or 77/100.
Sorry, that’s incorrect. 77% = to 77 out of 100 or 77/100.
QUIZ Paris took a 100 question test. She answered 80 of the questions correctly. Which fraction represents the number of correct answers? 88/100 80/100 80/10
Correct! 80 out of 100 = 80% or 80/100.
Sorry, that’s incorrect. 80 out of 100 = 80% or 80/100.
Revision Percent means “out of 100”. The table below represents the test results of seven year 5 students. Copy the table into your book and fill in the gaps.