1. Percent & Probability Introduction to Percent

2. Percent Nova Scotia New Brunswick Newfoundland & Labrador Prince Edward Island Populations of Atlantic Canada This hundred grid represents the population of the Atlantic Provinces. How many squares are shaded yellow? What does this represent? Data Source: Census Canada

3. Percent Nova Scotia New Brunswick Newfoundland & Labrador Prince Edward Island Populations of Atlantic Canada 40 squares are yellow. These represent the population of Nova Scotia. How can this be represented as a fraction? 40 100 Data Source: Census Canada

4. Percent Nova Scotia New Brunswick Newfoundland & Labrador Prince Edward Island Populations of Atlantic Canada 40 100 This fraction can also be written as a ratio - 40:100. This represents the ratio of the population of Nova Scotia to the population of the total Atlantic Provinces. Data Source: Census Canada

5. Percent Nova Scotia New Brunswick Newfoundland & Labrador Prince Edward Island Populations of Atlantic Canada 4040:100 100 This can also be written as a percent. It is written as 40%. Data Source: Census Canada

6. Percent  Percent is a fraction or ratio with a denominator of 100.  It is represented by the symbol %.  Example: 23:100 = 23 100 = 23%

7. Percent Nova Scotia New Brunswick Newfoundland & Labrador Prince Edward Island Populations of Atlantic Canada What percent represents the population of New Brunswick? Newfoundland & Labrador? Prince Edward Island? Data Source: Census Canada

8. Percent  Percents can also be written as fractions.  Example: 23% = 23 100

9. Percent  Write each percent as a fraction in lowest terms. ProvincePercent of Population FractionLowest Terms New Brunswick Newfoundland & Labrador Prince Edward Island