Percentages

Subject: Math  ·  Grade level: 6th

Convert between fractions, decimals, and percents — then use them in real life. Percent literally means 'per hundred.' It's the everyday math of money, statis

In this lesson

• Percent means 'per 100'
• Finding a percent of a number
• Percent increase & decrease

Key terms

Percent

A number expressed as a part out of 100.

Whole

The total amount you're taking the percent of.

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