What Percents Mean

A percent says how many hundredths one number is of another

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A percent says how many hundredths one number is of another: 45% means 45 out of every 100. Tap “+10% / −10%” to fill the hundred-grid — 45% is 45 of 100 cells colored, which is 45/100 as a fraction and 0.45 as a decimal. The % sign simply means “out of every hundred”.

Tap “+10% / −10%” to fill the hundred-grid: 45% means 45 of 100 cells colored — as a fraction 45/100, as a decimal 0.45. The % sign means “out of every hundred”.

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How to Play

  1. Look at the hundred-grid: 100 cells in all.
  2. Tap “+10%” to fill cells and count the colored ones.
  3. 45 cells colored is 45% — read it as “forty-five percent”.
  4. Convert 45% into a fraction (45/100) and a decimal (0.45).
  5. Dial different percents and practice converting among the three forms.

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