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Topic 6 & Lesson 6-5 Expectations For Find Percent of A Number Equation

This document provides guidance for showing work when solving percentage problems. Students should: 1) Identify the part, percent, and whole numbers. 2) Write the equation "part = percent × whole" and substitute the numbers. 3) Solve the equation for the unknown value. Work should be shown in two or three steps like the examples provided, which find 12% of 6.75 and the percent of 6.75 that is 0.81.

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Topic 6 & Lesson 6-5 Expectations For Find Percent of A Number Equation

This document provides guidance for showing work when solving percentage problems. Students should: 1) Identify the part, percent, and whole numbers. 2) Write the equation "part = percent × whole" and substitute the numbers. 3) Solve the equation for the unknown value. Work should be shown in two or three steps like the examples provided, which find 12% of 6.75 and the percent of 6.75 that is 0.81.

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Topic 6, Lesson 6-5 and Beyond Math Grade 6, Mr.

DiLullo
What are you expected to show in your answer, when a question asks you to, for example, find:
What is 12% of 6.75? or
What percent of 6.75 is 0.81?
For these types of problems, please use the equation: part = percent  whole
For a question that you get, that you solve using this equation, you should:
1. Identify which number is the part, which number is the percent, and/or which number is the whole.
2. Fill in the equation with these numbers and a variable for the unknown, then
3. Solve for the unknown.
When you show your work in homework or a quiz/test, you should show work similar to the work shown in
steps 2 & 3, below. (And, of course, you are welcome to show step 1 if that helps you out. Also, it is
recommended to write the equation “part = percent  whole” somewhere on your homework or quiz/test, so
it is easier to fill in the equation, when you show your work.)

For example, to answer the question, “What is 12% of 6.75?,” you should:
1. Identify which number is the part, which number is the percent, and/or which number is the whole.
12% is the percent.
6.75 is the whole.
The “part" is the unknown; we’ll use the variable, x, to represent it.

2. Fill in the equation “part = percent  whole”with these numbers and a variable for the unknown.
x  12%  6.75 It is okay to skip this line, if you like, when showing your work, but you should show:
x  0.12  6.75 Convert 12% to 0.12 by dividing 12% by 100,
or move the decimal point 2 places to the left

3. Solve for the unknown.


x  0.81 Use a calculator to calculate this answer
12% of 6.75 is 0.81

For example, to answer the question, “What percent of 6.75 is 0.81?,” you should:
1. Identify which number is the part, which number is the percent, and/or which number is the whole.
6.75 is the whole.
0.81 is the part.
The “percent" is the unknown; we’ll use the variable, p, to represent it.

2. Fill in the equation “part = percent  whole” with these numbers and a variable for the unknown.
0.81  p  6.75

3. Solve for the unknown.


0.81  6.75 p Re-write the equation, if it helps, to see the coefficient in front of the variable
6.75 p  0.81 Re-order the equation, if it helps, to see the variable on the left side of the = sign
6.75 p 0.81
 Divide both sides by the number in front of p
6.75 6.75

p  0.12 Use a calculator to calculate this answer


p  12% Re-write the answer as a %, by multiplying the decimal by 100
(move the decimal place over two places)
12% of 6.75 is 0.81

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