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Finding percentages and expressing as a percentage
Converting between fractions, decimals and percentages, finding a percentage of a quantity, and writing one quantity as a percentage of another.
Percentage of a quantity
Find $35\%$ of $\$260$.
As a percentage
Express $45$ minutes as a percentage of $2$ hours.
Find $35\%$ of $\$260$ (dollars).
$0.35 \times 260$.
Express $45$ min as a percentage of $2$ h (number only).
$\tfrac{45}{120} \times 100$.
Find $12\%$ of $150$.
$0.12 \times 150$.
Express $\$48$ as a percentage of $\$60$ (number only).
$\tfrac{48}{60} \times 100$.
Find $0.5\%$ of $500$.
$0.005 \times 500$.
Express $250$ g as a percentage of $1$ kg (number only).
$\tfrac{250}{1000} \times 100$.
Express $\$90$ as a percentage of $\$60$ (number only).
Percentages can be over $100$.
Which is equal to $0.4\%$?
$0.4 \div 100$.
New numbers every time. Keep going until you get five in a row.