6th Grade: Understanding Percents

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What is a percent?

Back

A percent is a way to express a number as a fraction of 100. It is denoted by the symbol '%'.

Front

What number is a percent always out of?

Back

A percent is always out of 100.

Front

If a volleyball team blocked 56 out of 100 hits, what percent did they block?

Back

56%.

Front

If a volleyball team blocked 56 out of 100 hits, what percent did they not block?

Back

44%.

Front

What percent of a picture is shaded if 20 out of 100 parts are shaded?

Back

20%.

Front

If 47 out of 100 squares in a grid are red, what percent is red?

Back

47%.

Front

In a class of 50 students, if 20% love to play baseball, how many students love baseball?

Back

10 students.

Front

How do you calculate the percent of a number?

Back

To calculate the percent of a number, divide the part by the whole and then multiply by 100.

Front

What is the formula for finding the percent?

Back

Percent = (Part / Whole) x 100.

Front

If 30 students in a class of 150 are girls, what percent of the class are girls?

Back

20%.