WHAT IS A PERCENTAGE?

Understand percentages as parts of 100 - the bridge between fractions and everyday life.

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WHAT DOES PERCENT MEAN?

Percent means 'out of 100'. The symbol % stands for per cent (per hundred). If 50% of a class likes football, that means 50 out of every 100 students like football. Imagine a 10×10 grid with 100 squares: colour in the percentage to see it visually.

50% means...

150 out of 100

2Half of the whole

3Like colouring 50 squares out of 100

= 50

25% of 100 grid

125 out of 100 squares

2That is one quarter

= 25

LEADER TIP

Percent means 'per hundred'. Shade squares on a 100-grid to make percentages visible and concrete.

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