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Fractions in Disguise

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Eight ideas, eight checks. The table sits first, so you can look back.

Eight ideas about a fraction with a hundred underneath
IdeaHow it goes
Out of a hundredMultiply both numbers by one amount. Stop when the second reads 100.
Three namesA fraction, a decimal and a percentage can name one amount.
Taking a percentageTo take a percentage of an amount, find pieces and add them.
Finding a percentageWrite the part over the whole. Divide. Then multiply by 100.
The baseA rise or a fall is a percentage of the base.
There and backThe second percentage is taken of the new amount, not the start. So an equal rise and fall do not cancel.
Comparing fairlyCompare shares, not counts.
Past a hundredName the whole first. The part can be bigger than the whole, then it is over 100%.

A tray holds 20 seedlings. 13 have flowered. What percentage is that?

  • 13%
  • 65%
  • 7%

Which percentage is 1/5?

  • 15%
  • 20%
  • 50%

What is 15% of 60?

  • 4
  • 9
  • 900

You score 18 out of 24. What percentage is that?

  • 6%
  • 75%
  • 133%

A ₹800 bag of rice has 25% off. What do you pay?

  • ₹775
  • ₹600
  • ₹200

A ₹400 fare rises 10%, then falls 10%. What is it now?

  • ₹400
  • ₹396
  • ₹360

Class A got 12 of 15 sums right. Class B got 32 of 50. Which class did better?

  • Class A
  • Class B
  • They cannot be compared

A stall sold ₹400 on Friday and ₹1,000 on Saturday. Saturday is what percentage of Friday?

  • 60%
  • 250%
  • 100%

Part II, Chapter 1 is Fractions in Disguise. Go and read it there.

Next: The Baudhayana-Pythagoras Theorem. A square is drawn on each side of a triangle. One angle makes them fit.

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  1. 0 Start here
  2. 1 A comparison with a hundred underneath
  3. 2 Three names for one amount
  4. 3 Taking a percentage of an amount
  5. 4 One amount said as a percentage of another
  6. 5 Measured against what you started with
  7. 6 An equal rise and fall do not cancel
  8. 7 Comparing two groups of different sizes
  9. 8 Where percentages are used
  10. 9 The big picture
  11. 10 Track quiz

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