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Title

Percent

Description

Percent of a Number using Benchmarks

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Subject

Mathematics

Level

7th Grade

Created

03/01/2015

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Term

35% of 110

Definition

1% = 1.10
1.10(35) = 38.5
or - 5% = 1.1(5) = 5.5 = 5.5(7) = 38.5

Term

10% of 234

Definition

1% = .01(234) = 2.34, 2.34(10) = 23.4
or 10% of 234 = (move the decimal 2 places to the left) + 2.34

Term

How do you find 10% of a number in an efficient way?

Definition

Move the decimal 1 place to the left. (you are dividing into 10 pieces).

Term

How do you find 1% of a number in an efficient way?

Definition

Move the decimal 2 places to the left. (you are dividing the number into 100 pieces)