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OH MY!
Building
Height (ft)
921
Renaissance Tower
886
787
738
Fountain Place
721
686
655
Thanksgiving Tower
645
2. Nine-tenths
Energy Plaza
629
3.
Elm Place
625
0.9
3
4 3
4
4
0. 7 5
4 3.0
-2 8
20
-2 0
0
3
0.75
4
7
20
0.3 5
20 7.0
-6 0
1 00
-1 0 0
0
7
0.35
20
3
5
4
We already
know that =
0.75
3
5 5.75
4
= 0.50
(half of a dollar)
= 0.75
(three quarters)
3
2
8
0.3 7 5
8 3.0
-2 4
60
- 56
40
- 40
0
3
2 2.375
8
1
3
0.3 3 3..
3 1.0
0.333 ... 0.3
- 9
10
- 9
10
- 9
1
0.7 7 7
9 7.0
-6 3
70
- 63
70
- 63
7
7
0.777... 0.7
9
25/100 = 1/4
Fraction
Classwork
Title: Glencoe Pg. 247 # 21-35
A percentage is a special
fraction.
Fractions to Percents
A ratio is a comparison of 2 quantities by
division. Fractions are ratios!
34 can be written as 34:100 in ratio form.
100
Fractions to Percents
Ex 1: Annie answered 90 out of 100 questions
correctly.
90
100
90%
Fractions to Percents
Ex 2: On average, 50.5 out of 100 students
own a pet.
50.5
100
50.5%
Fractions to Percents
3
Ex 3: Write
as a percent.
20
Find an equivalent
fraction that has a
denominator of 100
3 x5 x
15
20 x5 100 100
15%
Try These
17 x5 x
85
20 x5 100 100
85%
3 x20 x
60
60%
2 x4 x
8
25 x4 100 100
8%
The 1
Percentage
Fraction
7%
19%
83%
Etc.
7/100
19/100
83/100
So to write a percentage as a
fraction, you simply put it
over 100 like this:
24% = 24/100
24% = 24/100
12/50
6/25
1. 23%
2. 24%
3. 55%
4. 20%
5. 17%
6. 78%
23/100 7. 80%
8. 84%
9. 12%
1/5
10. 48%
11. 71%
12. 36%
Classwork
Glencoe Pg. 252 # 13-29, 34-36
35%
100
0.35
Percentage
0.23
X 100
23%
Percentage
to a
decimal
100
Decimal to
a
percentage
X 100
Percentage