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Unit 5: Percents

This document discusses percents and how to convert between fractions, decimals, and percents. It defines key percent terms like rate, base, and part. Methods are provided for finding the percentage, rate, or base given two of the three terms. Examples demonstrate using a proportion formula to solve percent problems and applications involving mixtures, capacities that are partially filled, and amounts remaining after a portion is used. Practice problems provide additional examples to solve.

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Unit 5: Percents

This document discusses percents and how to convert between fractions, decimals, and percents. It defines key percent terms like rate, base, and part. Methods are provided for finding the percentage, rate, or base given two of the three terms. Examples demonstrate using a proportion formula to solve percent problems and applications involving mixtures, capacities that are partially filled, and amounts remaining after a portion is used. Practice problems provide additional examples to solve.

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Unit 5

PERCENTS
PERCENTS
 Indicates number of hundredths in a
whole
 Decimal fraction can be expressed as a
percent by moving decimal point two
places to right and inserting percent
symbol
 Express 0.375 as a percent:
 Move decimal point two places to right
 Insert percent symbol
0.375 = 37.5% Ans
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FRACTIONS TO PERCENTS
 To express a common fraction as a
percent:
 Divide the numerator by the denominator to
get the decimal fraction
 Convert the answer to a percent by moving the
decimal point two places to the right

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FRACTIONS TO PERCENTS
EXAMPLE

 Express each of the following as


percents
4 0.8
5 5 4.0  80% Ans

125 6.25
20 125.00 = 625% Ans
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PERCENTS TO FRACTIONS
 Decimal Fractions:

 To express percent as decimal fraction:


 Drop percent symbol
 Move decimal point two places to left

 Express 25.4% as a decimal


25.4% = .254 Ans

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PERCENTS TO FRACTIONS
 Common Fractions:
 To express percents as common fractions:
 First convert percent to decimal fraction

 Express 64.5% as a common fraction

645 129
64.5%  .645   Ans
1000 200
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PERCENT TERMS DEFINED
 All simple percent problems have three
parts:
 Rate is percent (%)
 Base represents whole or a quantity equal
to 100%
 Word “of” generally relates to the base
 Part (Percentage in Book) is part or
quantity of percent of base
 Word “is” generally relates to the percentage

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PERCENT TERMS DEFINED
 Identify base, rate, and percentage
What percent of 64 is 8?
 Problem is asking for rate (percent)
 64 represents whole and is identified by word
“of,” so it is the base
 8 represents part and is identified by word “is,”
so it is the percentage

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FINDING THE PERCENTAGE
 Proportion formula for all three types of
percentage problems:

P R

B 100
Where
 B is the base or the starting/original value
 P is the percentage or part of the base
 R is the rate or percent

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FINDING THE PERCENTAGE
 Find 7.5% of 120?
P R
 Rate: 7.5% 
 Base: 120 B 100
 Problem is asking for
percentage (part)
Calculate using cross-
 Multiply 120 x 75 products and division.
 Divide the answer by 100

P 75
 P = 9 Ans
120 100 10
FINDING THE RATE
 What percent of 76 is 49.4?
Rate: Find the rate P R


 Base: 76 B 100
 Percentage (part): 49.4
 Multiply 49.4 x 100 Calculate using cross-
 Divide the answer by 76 products and division.

49.4 R
 R = 65% Ans
76 100
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FINDING THE BASE
 17.5 is 12.5% of what amount?
 Percentage: 17.5
P R
 Rate: 12.5% (.125 as a decimal) 
 Problem is asking for base B 100

Calculate using cross-


products and division.

17.5 12.5
 B = 140 Ans
B 100
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Application Problem Examples
 A tank has a capacity of 300 gallons. It is 35%
full. How many gallons are in the tank?
 Part ->?? Base-> 300 Rate-> 35%

P 35

300 100
 105 gallons

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Application Problem Examples
 A tank has a capacity of 300 gallons. It is 35%
full. How many are needed to fill it?
 We found it had a 105 gallons in it in the last
part. So one way is to figure that and subtract
from 300….195 gallons to fill
 Another way is to see that percentages always
add up to 100% so the tank is 35% full or
65% empty…so change the rate.

P 65
 , P  195
300 100
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PRACTICE PROBLEMS
1. Express each of the following as a percent.
14 5
a. 1.3 b. c.
35 8
2. Express each of the following as a decimal
fraction.
a. 1.46% b. 100%
c. 0.05%
3. Express each of the following as a common
fraction or mixed number.
a. 14.4% b. 2.5%
c. 138%
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PRACTICE PROBLEMS (Cont)
4. Round to two decimal places whenever
necessary:
 What is 12% of 150?
 What percent of 234 is 86?
 14.5 is 45% of what number?
 What is 8 ¾% of 640?
 What percent of 50 is 75?

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PRACTICE PROBLEMS (Cont)
4. Round to two decimal places whenever
necessary:
 What is 125% of 75?
 200 is 37 ½% of what number?
 What percent of 1375 is 350?
 135 is 150% of what number?

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Applications
5. A carpenter has 1350 nails. He uses 23%
on a job and then uses 34% of the
remaining nails at his second job. How
many nails are left?
6. A mixture requires 20% of compound A,
30% of compound B, and 50% of
compound C. If there is 250 pounds of
compound B, how much should there be
of compound A?

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Solutions
1. Percents 4. Problems
a. 130%
a. 18
b. 40%
c. 62.5% b. 36.75%
2. Decimals c. 32.22
a. .0146 d. 56
b. 1 e. 150%
c. .0005
f. 93.75
3. Fractions
g. 533.33
a. A
18
125 h. 25.45%
b. B 1 i. 90
40
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5. 686 nails
c. C
1
50 6. 166.67 pounds
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