Sunday, January 16, 2011

Final Percent Post

1) This chapter was about decimals, fractions, and percents. We learned how to represent percents in many ways. Such as hundred grids, fractions, and even decimals. After that, it got harder and we learned how to add taxes. Like GST and PST.

What is a percent?
Percent is a number out of 100. It is also known as hundredths.


Representing Percents.

You can represent percents by showing it on hundred grids.

Ex:




Fractions, Decimals and Percents

Percents can be written as fractions and as decimals.

Ex:

50% = 50/100 = 0.5


Combining Percent

Percents can be combined by adding to solve problems.

eg. 3 DVD's for 19.99 each. Find the total cost of the DVD's including 5% GST and 6% PST.


Here is a link to a percent post.
Here is a link to a percent website.


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