Lesson 5: What is Percent?

Here is a PDF version of the lesson.

Here is a PDF version of the workbook containing lots of practice.

Percent is a concept that is widely used in everyday life in a variety of situations.

“30% Discount”, “Yes, definitely, 100%” – are just some of the expressions that we encounter frequently.

It is important to understand what the above means and how it can be useful.

A percent is a number out of a 100. 

100% represents a whole and can be split into parts: 25%, 40%, 78%, etc.

Percent was invented for convenience in order to easier represent fractions or decimals. Therefore, percent can be converted to fractions and decimals.

For example, 1% = 0.01, because to convert a percent into a decimal, we need to divide the value of the percent by 100%.

We use percent to solve real life problems and in this lesson you will see how to do that.

Grade 6 Percent Quiz

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