Percents, Decimals, and 7-8 Percents, Decimals, and Fractions 7-8 Fractions

Warm Up Problem of the Day Lesson Presentation

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Warm Up

Write each percent as a fraction in simplest form.

1. 37%

37 ___ 100

39 2. 78% ___ 50

Write each percent as a decimal.

3. 59%

0.59

4. 7%

0.07

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Problem of the Day

Jennifer gave Karen 50% of her comic books. Karen gave Jack 50% of the books she got from Jennifer. Jack gave Lucas 50% of the books he got from Karen. Lucas got 4 comic books. What percent of Jennifers comic books does Lucas have?
12.5%

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7-8 Percents, Decimals, and Fractions

Learn to write decimals and fractions as percents.

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Additional Example 1A: Writing Decimals as Percents

Write the decimal as a percent.

Method 1: Use place value. 0.7

7 0.7 = __ 10

Write the decimal as a fraction.

7 10 70 _______ = ___ Write an equivalent fraction with 10 10 100 100 as the denominator. 70 ___ = 70% Write the numerator with a percent 100 symbol.
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Additional Example 1B: Writing Decimals as Percents

Write the decimal as a percent.

Method 1: Use place value. 0.16

16 0.16 = __ Write the decimal as a fraction. 100

16 ___ = 16% Write the numerator with a percent 100 symbol.

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Additional Example 1C: Writing Decimals as Percents

Write the decimal as a percent.

Method 2: Multiply by 100. 0.4118 0.4118 100 41.18% Multiply by 100. Add the percent symbol.

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Additional Example 1D: Writing Decimals as Percents

Write the decimal as a percent.

Method 2: Multiply by 100. 0.067 0.067 100 6.7% Multiply by 100. Add the percent symbol.

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Check It Out: Example 1A Write the decimal as a percent. Method 1: Use place value. 0.9

9 0.9 = __ 10

Write the decimal as a fraction.

9 10 90 _______ = ___ Write an equivalent fraction with 10 10 100 100 as the denominator. 90 ___ = 90% Write the numerator with a percent 100 symbol.
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Check It Out: Example 1B Write the decimal as a percent. Method 1: Use place value. 0.31 0.31 = 31 Write the decimal as a fraction. 100 31 ___ = 31% Write the numerator with a percent 100 symbol.

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Check It Out: Example 1C Write the decimal as a percent. Method 2: Multiply by 100. 0.1225 0.1225 100 12.25% Multiply by 100. Add the percent symbol.

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Check It Out: Example 1D Write the decimal as a percent. Method 2: Multiply by 100. 0.023 0.023 100 2.3% Multiply by 100. Add the percent symbol.

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Helpful Hint When the denominator is a factor of 100, it is often easier to use method 1. When the denominator is not a factor of 100, it is usually easier to use method 2.

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Additional Example 2A: Writing Fractions as Percents Write the fraction as a percent. Method 1: Write an equivalent fraction with a denominator of 100. 9 __ 25 94 36 ______ = ___ Write an equivalent fraction with 25 4 100 100 as the denominator.

36 ___ = 36% Write the numerator with a percent 100 symbol.

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Additional Example 2B: Writing Fractions as Percents

Method 2: Use division to write the fraction as a decimal. 3 __ 20 0.15 Divide the numerator by the 20 3.00 denominator. 20 100 100 0 Multiply by 100 by moving the 0.15 = 15% decimal point right two places. Add the percent symbol.
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Check It Out: Example 2A Write the fraction as a percent. Method 1: Write an equivalent fraction with a denominator of 100. 7 __ 50 72 14 ______ = ___ Write an equivalent fraction with 50 2 100 100 as the denominator.

14 ___ = 14% Write the numerator with a percent 100 symbol.

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Check It Out: Example 2B Method 2: Use division to write the fraction as a decimal. 8 __ 50

0.16 50 8.00

Divide the numerator by the denominator. Multiply by 100 by moving the decimal point right by two places. Add the percent symbol.

0.16 = 16%

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Additional Example 3: Application 7 One year, __ of people with home offices 25 were self-employed. What percent of people with home offices were self employed? 7 __ 25 74 28 ______ = ___ Write an equivalent fraction with a 25 4 100 denominator of 100. 28 ___ = 28% 100 28% of people with home offices were self-employed.
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Check It Out: Example 3 3 One year, __ of people who bought new cars 50 bought cars that were yellow. What percent of people that bought new cars bought yellow cars? 3 __ 50 32 6 ______ = ___ Write an equivalent fraction with a 50 2 100 denominator of 100. 6 ___ = 6% 100 6% of people with new cars bought yellow cars.
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Lesson Quiz Write each decimal as a percent. 1. 0.26

26%

2. 0.419 41.9% 9 __ 16

Write each fraction as a percent. 1 3. __ 5

20% 4. 56.25%

1 5. About __ of all the students at a local high 16 school own their own car. What percent is this? 6.25%

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