2. What you will learn…
Where percents came from
What percents are
What percents look like
Where percents come from
Why we use percents
3. Where did percents come from?
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Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved on March, 24 2012 from http://www.merriam-
webster.com/dictionary/percent
4. What is a Percent?
Per cent
Per 100
÷ 100
%= parts per 100
25. Why do we use percents?
Brad’s Math Test Kim’s Science Test
45 questions correct 52 questions correct
IF 50 questions total IF 60 questions total
= 90% = 87%
26. Why do we use percents?
Brad’s Math Test Kim’s Science Test
16 questions correct 16 questions correct
27. Why do we use percents?
Brad’s Math Test Kim’s Science Test
16 questions correct 16 questions correct
IF 20 questions total IF 24 questions total
28. Why do we use percents?
Brad’s Math Test
16 questions correct
IF 20 questions total
29. Why do we use percents?
Kim’s Science Test
16 questions correct
IF 24 questions total
31. Why do we use percents?
Brad’s Math Test Kim’s Science Test
16 questions correct 16 questions correct
IF 20 questions total IF 24 questions total
≈ 80% ≈ 65%
32. What you have learned…
Where percents came from
What percents are
What percents look like
Where percents come from
Why we use percents
34. Why do we use percents?
16 ?s If 20 total ?s
0 ?s 5 ?s 10 ?s 15 ?s 20 ?s
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
≈ 80%
16 ?s If 24 total ?s
o ?s 6 ?s 12 ?s 18 ?s 24 ?s
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
≈ 65%
35. Why do we use percents?
45 ?s
If 50 total ?s
0 ?s 12.5 ?s 25 ?s 37.5 ?s 50 ?s
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
≈ 90%
52 ?s
If 60 total ?s
o ?s 15 ?s 30 ?s 45 ?s 60 ?s
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
≈ 87%
Notas del editor
Can we assume Kim did better than Brad because she got more questions right even though there were different amounts of questions on the tests? ? 100 is an easy number to work with. If we compare the two test scores out of parts per 100 then we can compare them evenly.
Can we assume Kim did better than Brad because she got more questions right even though there were different amounts of questions on the tests? ? 100 is an easy number to work with. If we compare the two test scores out of parts per 100 then we can compare them evenly.
Can we assume Kim did better than Brad because she got more questions right even though there were different amounts of questions on the tests? ? 100 is an easy number to work with. If we compare the two test scores out of parts per 100 then we can compare them evenly.
Can we assume Kim did better than Brad because she got more questions right even though there were different amounts of questions on the tests? ? 100 is an easy number to work with. If we compare the two test scores out of parts per 100 then we can compare them evenly.
Can we assume Kim did better than Brad because she got more questions right even though there were different amounts of questions on the tests? ? 100 is an easy number to work with. If we compare the two test scores out of parts per 100 then we can compare them evenly.