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Copyright © 2000 by Monica Yuskaitis Definition Percent can be defined as “of one hundred.” of 100 Copyright © 2000 by Monica Yuskaitis

Copyright © 2000 by Monica Yuskaitis Definition “Cent” comes from the Latin and means 100. Many words have come from the root cent such as century, centimeter, centipede, & cent. Copyright © 2000 by Monica Yuskaitis

Copyright © 2000 by Monica Yuskaitis Definition The letter C in Roman Numerals stands for 100 or “cent”. CCC means three hundred. Copyright © 2000 by Monica Yuskaitis

Copyright © 2000 by Monica Yuskaitis Percent and Money We write our change from a dollar in hundredths. If you understand money, learning percents is a breeze. Copyright © 2000 by Monica Yuskaitis

Comparing Money & Percents $ .50 is ½ of a dollar 50% also means ½ $1.00 50¢ = 50¢ Copyright © 2000 by Monica Yuskaitis

Comparing Money & Percents 50% means ½ 50% of 6 stars is 3 stars 50% of = Copyright © 2000 by Monica Yuskaitis

Comparing Money & Percents Fraction Simplified Percent Decimal Fraction 50% .50 50 100 1 2 = = = Copyright © 2000 by Monica Yuskaitis

50 % Means 50 parts out of 100 or 50 hundredths. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 Copyright © 2000 by Monica Yuskaitis

Comparing Money & Percents $ .25 is ¼ of a dollar 25% also means ¼ $1.00 25¢ = Copyright © 2000 by Monica Yuskaitis

Comparing Money & Percents 25% means ¼ 25% of 8 lemons is 2 lemons = 25% of Copyright © 2000 by Monica Yuskaitis

Comparing Money & Percents Fraction Simplified Percent Decimal Fraction 25% .25 25 100 1 4 = = = Copyright © 2000 by Monica Yuskaitis

25 % Means 25 parts out of 100 or 25 hundredths. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 Copyright © 2000 by Monica Yuskaitis

Comparing Money & Percents $ .10 is 1/10 of a dollar 10% also means 1/10 10¢ $1.00 = Copyright © 2000 by Monica Yuskaitis

Comparing Money & Percents 10% means 1/10 10% of 10 ice creams is 1 ice cream = 10% of Copyright © 2000 by Monica Yuskaitis

Comparing Money & Percents Fraction Simplified Percent Decimal Fraction 10% .10 10 100 1 10 = = = Copyright © 2000 by Monica Yuskaitis

10 % Means 10 parts out of 100 or 10 hundredths. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 Copyright © 2000 by Monica Yuskaitis

Copyright © 2000 by Monica Yuskaitis Credits Illustrations from: Corel Gallery by Corel Corp. Broderbund ClipArt T/Maker Co. Clipart from “Microsoft Clip Gallery” located on the Internet at http://cgl.microsoft.com/ clipgallerylive/default.asp Copyright © 2000 by Monica Yuskaitis