Summary
Introduces percent as 'out of 100' and shows how percentages describe part of a whole. Connects 50% to one half and 25% to one quarter.
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Discussion questions
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Percent means 'per hundred.' 50% is 50 out of 100 — the same as one half of the whole.
- What does the word 'percent' actually mean?
- What fraction is the same as 25%?
- If a test has 100 points and you get 90, what percent is that?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: percent, per hundred, half, quarter.
Try it: Color 30 squares of a 100-square grid. What percent did you color?