Summary
Math Antics introduces percent as a special ratio meaning 'out of 100'. A clear, animated 9-minute lesson you can drop straight into a grade 6 math block -- pause-friendly, with worked examples on screen.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
A few questions to talk through after watching “What Are Percentages?.”
- What does 'percent' mean?
- How is 50% related to the fraction 1/2?
- Where do you see percents in everyday life?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: percent, out of 100, ratio, fraction, hundredths.
Try it: Write three percents and the fractions they equal.