1. Warm up problems
Jasper made 230 flyers for a dance. He handed two flyers out to each student. How many students received flyers?

2. Percents and Fractions
Lesson 2-2

3. Objectives I can write percents as fractions.
I can write fractions as percents.

4. Vocabulary
percent - a ratio that compares a number to 100.

5. Example 1 Write 50% as a fraction in simplest form.
50% means 50 out of 100.
50% = = 1 2

6. So, 11 20 of cell phone owners text message.
Example 2
In a recent survey, 55% of cell phone owners said they text message. What fraction of cell phone owners is this?
55% = =
So, of cell phone owners text message.

7. Got It?
Write each percent as a fraction in simplest form. a. 75% b. 90% c. 38%

8. Example 3
The table shows the percent of each movie type rented during a month. What fraction of the rentals were action movies?
35% = = 7 20
Action movies were rented of the time.
Types of Movies
action
35%
children’s 5%
comedy
45%
drama
horror
romance

9. Got It?
Write the fraction of rentals that were horror movies.

10. Example 4 Write the fraction 6 8 as a percent. 6 8 = 3 4 3 4 = ? 100
6 8 = 3 4
3 4 = ? 100
3 4 =
75%

11. Got It?
Write the fraction 8 12 as a percent. (Hint: Use a ratio table to get to 100.)

12. Example 5
Mitch made 12 out of 40 shots during the basketball championship game. What percent of his shots did Mitch make?
We need to scale back before we can scale forward.
= 3 10
3 10 = ? 100
3 10 =
=30%

13. Got It?
Alana spelled 19 out of 25 words correctly. What percent of the words did Alana spell correctly?