Percents: Percent of a Number

What does percent mean?

• the amount of money you save at the mall

•  per 100 or out of 100

• the amount of money you have

What does the operation "OF" mean in math?

• subtract

• multiply

• divide

What kind of fraction is 500/100?  

• Proper

• Improper

So what is 25% of 20? 

• 12

• 5

• 6,000

What is 35% written as a fraction?

• 35/100

• 35/1000

What is 35% written as a decimal?

• 3.5

• 0.35

• 0.035

Grab your calculator! What is 0.35 x 80?  

• 2800

• 280

• 28

What are the two ways shown to help you find the percent of a number? CHOOSE TWO ANSWERS!

• Change the percent to a fraction and divide.

• Change the percent to a decimal and multiply.

• Change the percent to a decimal and divide.

• Change the percent to fraction and multiply.