1. Percents Greater that 100% or Less than 1%
What You’ll Learn
To use percents greater than 100% or less than 1%

2. Percents Greater that 100% or Less than 1%
A percent is a ratio that compares a number to 100.
If the number compared to 100 is greater that 100, the percent is greater that 100%
If the number compared to 100 is less than 1 the percent is less than 1%

3. Example 1: Rewriting Percents Greater than 100
110% = ?
110% = 1.10
110% = 110/100
= 11/10
= 1 1/10
Convert percent to decimal
Move decimal two places to the left
Write decimal as a fraction
Place percent over 100
Simplify the fraction

4. Example 2: Rewriting Percents Less Than 1
0.7% = ?
0.7% = 0.007
0.7% = 0.7/100
= 0.7/100 x 10/10
= 7/1000
Write percent as a decimal
Move decimal point two places to the left
Write percent as a fraction
Place percent of 100
Remove decimal by multiplying numerator and denominator by 10
simplify

5. Practice Write 125% as a decimal and as a fraction
Practice: Text page 302 # 1-12

6. Example 3: Writing Mixed Numbers as Percents
1 7/8 = ?
Convert 7/8 to decimal
8 7 = 0.875
Add whole number to decimal
= 1.875
Convert decimal to percent
Move decimal two places to the right
187.5

7. Write each mixed number or decimal as a percent
3 5/12
2 4/5
1.71
4.005
Practice: Text page 303 # 13-21
Assign Pr 6-3