Percent (or Part) of a Whole | 6.RP.A.3

The video tutorial explains how to calculate the percentage of soda cans collected by 6th and 7th grade students at a middle school. The 6th graders collected 2000 cans, with 65% being soda cans, while the 7th graders collected 1500 cans, with 80% being soda cans. The tutorial breaks down the percentage calculations into simpler steps, showing how to find 65% of 2000 and 80% of 1500. The final results are 1300 soda cans for the 6th grade and 1200 soda cans for the 7th grade. The video emphasizes understanding the concept of percent of whole and provides a clear, step-by-step approach to solving similar problems.

Explain how you would calculate 65% of 2000.

Describe the method used to find 80% of 1500.

Summarize the final results of soda cans collected by both grades.