Julien's Percent Post

Percent means.......
 percent is a french word. "per" means out of  and cent means "100" 

 equivelent fraction out 100 

100 percent means all, whole everything  40/40 or 100/100

50 percent means half of the whole

25 percent means a quarter of the whole 

1 percent means one piece of the whole 

 we use 100 for percentage because it is just right.



1) 3/40 = 0.075/1 = 75 out of one hundred or 75 percent

2) 5.98/1 = 598/100 or 598 percent   598/1000

3) 750 percent/100 = 7.5 = 7 5/10 or 7 1/2


180%

 12 3/4 percent

0.7%

convert from decimals to fractions to percents.
26%
26/100=0.26
26out of one hundred.

7/10
7/10=0.7
0.7x100=70%

0.024
0.024x100=2.4out of one hundred
2.4x100=0.024

Mental Math and  a  Calculator
20% of 60 = 12
100/5=20
60/5=12

0.1% of 40=0.4
40/100=0.4

250% of 400=1000
400x2.5=1000


Discounts
q.3 pg.148
kyle is not correct because when you use the 15% and 10% it adds up to being less than the 30%.