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Essential Question

How can I find percentages in real-world word problems?

VOCABULARY

Identify: Find; Point out

Infer: Deduce; Conclude

Integrate: Put together

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What is 13

18

As a Percent?

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What is 3

4

As a Percent?

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What is 12% as a decimal?

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What is 95% as a decimal?

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What is 34% as a fraction?

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What is 18% as a fraction?

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A basketball coach needs to know the percentage of free throws made in his team’s game. They shot 20 free throws, and made 7 of them.

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Grading a test, If you get 12 questions correct out of 15, what is your grade (or the percentage you answered correctly)

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A basketball coach needs to know the percentage of free throws made in his team’s game. They made 14 free throws and missed 11. What is the percent of free throws that they made?

WHITE BOARDS!!

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Mrs. Richardson needs to know what percentage of her students are boys. She has 127 students, and 72 are boys.

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Mr. Holman sells Blue and Red Slushies at LMS. Yesterday, he sold 196 blue slushies, and 185 red slushies. What percent of the slushies sold were blue?

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Mr. Holman sells Blue and Red Slushies at LMS. Yesterday, he sold 314 blue slushies, and 265 red slushies. What percent of the slushies sold were blue?

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The Drama Club is selling candy bars at LMS. Yesterday, they sold 45 Skittles and 125 Snickers. What percent of candy sold were Skittles?

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6th Grade has 315 students. 6A has 115 and 6B has 105. What percentage of 6th Grade students are in 6C?

There are 1,260 students at LMS. Each LMS yearbook costs $35.00. If 60% of the students order a yearbook, how much money will be spent on LMS yearbooks?

PERCENTSPERCENTS(Group Problem)(Group Problem)

PERCENTS “TICKET OUT”

1. You answered 27 questions correctly out of 35. What PERCENT of questions did you get correct? (Find the GRADE)

2. 83 students in 6B voted for Niki Minaj, and 42 students in 6B voted for Taylor Swift. What percent of students voted for Taylor Swift?