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Day 2 Percent and Proportions

Translation Usually the problems we see are not translated into the percent problem format for us. We have to translate.

Key Words Used in Translation The word is usually signals the part The word of signals the whole The symbol % sometimes replaces the word percent. What percent of 58 is 22? What is 83 percent of 112? 46 is 27% of what number?

Basic Percent Rule The two numbers actually being compared are the part and the whole = Part (is) Whole (of) % 100 The percent is always compared to 100

What percent of what number is what number? Translation Format whole part %? = Part Whole % 100

Ms. Taylor donated $112 of her paycheck to the Mountain Springs Hospital for Children. If her total paycheck is $560.00, what percent of her paycheck did she send to the Mountain Springs Hospital for Children? Translation: What percent of $560 is $112 n = Part Whole % 100 n n n 20% 560 part whole % What percent of What number is what number?

Jennifer donated fourteen percent of the money she earned this summer to her local fire department. If she donated a total of $140 how much did she earn this summer? Translation 14% of what number is $140 = 140 n = Part Whole % 100

Sixty-eight percent of the animals in Big range national park are herbivores. If there are 794 animals in the park, how many are herbivores? Translation 68%of 794 is what number = Part Whole % 100 = n Part % Whole

Assignment Worksheet #7 Do the even problems on the top half of the page. Translate only, all the word problems on the bottom of the page. Do not solve.