Percents

This chapter focuses on content from the Ratios and Proportional Relationships (RP) domain and addresses the following grade 7 standards: 7.RP.2, 7.RP.2, 7.RP.3, 7.EE.2, 7.EE.3.

Essential Question  How can percent help you understand situations involving money?

How do you find the percent of a number?

Find percent of a number by writing a percent as a fraction

Will 5% of 300 be greater than or less than 300? Why?

What is 5% written as a fraction in simplest form?

 What expression can be used to find 1/20  of 300? 

Find percent of a number by writing a percent as a decimal

Will 25% of 180 be greater than or less than 180? Why?

What is 25% written as a decimal?

How would you find 25% of 180?

Use percents greater than 100%

Will 120% of 75 be greater than or less than 75? Why?

What is 120% written as a fraction?

What expression is used to find 120% of 75?

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