Sunday, January 16, 2011

Final Percent Post

In general percents are a way to represent numbers as a fraction out of one hundred. In this chapter we learn how to represent percents, how to write it as a decimal or fraction, how to find the percent of a number, and how to combine percents. Percents are essential to learn for it appears in our lives daily, like when we shop.

Representing percents:
Percents are used to represent numbers with a fraction out of 100. To show percent we used hundred grids, and filled them depending on the number we are representing. for example:

Fractions, Decimals, and Percents:
Percents can also be represented as fractions or decimals and can be used to represent numbers in different situations.


Percent of a number:
Using various mental math strategies, ratio tables, and changing the percent to a decimal and then multiply by the number you can find the percents of numbers.



Combing Percents:
Percents can be combined by adding to solve problems.



Here's a link to one of my older posts.
Also, a website I found useful.
And lastly, a video:

3 comments:

  1. Good job, Anabella! You did a great job of explaining your knowledge about percents! But next time I suggest that you do your pictures in a thin black marker so it is easier to see.

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  2. Great post Anabelle, I liked your written part it was very neat and organized. Next time try to put more color.

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  3. Great post Anabelle. Your post was really neat and organized. Next time add some color to your post so it stands out. Other than that, great job.

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