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Percentage
A percentage is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100.

Percentages are often used to express a proportionate part of a total

Example
If 50% of the total number of students in the class is male, that means that 50 out of every 100 students
are male. If there are 500 students, then 250 of them are male
100% is 100/100 which is equal to 1 means that the term remains unchanged.

How to Calculate Percent

1. Determine the total or whole amount.
2. Divide the number to be expressed as a percent by the total. In most cases, you'll divide the smaller
number by the larger number.
3. Multiple the resulting value by 100
Example

For instance, if 38 people in your community have library cards and total size of your community is 230
people. Find out the percentage of library card holders in the population.

38/230 = .165 .165 x 100 = 16.5

Emma scores 72 marks out of 80 in her English exam. Convert her marks into percent.

Mr. Sharma has a monthly salary of $ 7, 500. If he spends $ 6,250 every month, find his
expenditure and savings in percent?

There are 250 students in grade V. Out of these 100 are girls. What percent of students are
girls? What percent of students are boys?

To turn a percent into an integer or decimal number, simply divide by 100. That is the same as moving
the decimal point two places to the left.

 What is 30 % of 80?

30 % of 80

= 30/100 × 80

= (30 × 80)/100

= 2400/100

= 24

 In a class of 50 students, 40 % are girls. Find the number of girls and number of boys in the class?

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 In final exam of class IX there are 50 students 10 % students failed. How many students passed to
class X?
 Victor gets 92 % marks in examinations. If these are 460 marks, find the maximum marks?

Fractions into Percentage

1. Divide the numerator by denominator.

2. Take the result and multiply by 100 .
3. The result is the fraction as a percent
Example: What is 5/8 as a percent?

Multiply 5 by 100 first, then divide by 8

500 ÷ 8 = 62.5%

Convert 3/4 to a Percent

Convert 24/144 to percent

Percentage into Fractions

To convert a percent to a fraction, we have to remove the percent sign and divide the given number by 100.

For example, 1% is 1/100, 2% is 2/100 which can be reduced to 1/50

Convert 35.5% to a fraction

35.5/100=0.355

0.355/1×1000/1000=355/1000= 71/200

Convert 11% to a fraction

Convert 75% to a fraction
Decimal to Percentage

Converting from a decimal to a percentage is done by multiplying the decimal value by 100

For Example to convert 0.25 into percentage

0.25=0.25×100=25%

Convert the decimal number, 3.25 to a percentage

Convert the decimal number 0.65 to a percentage

Percentage to Decimal

Divide a percent by 100 and remove the percent sign to convert from a percent to a decimal

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For Example 25% is 25/100, or 0.25.

What is 35% as decimal?

What is 245% as decimal?

Fraction to Decimal

So, to convert a fraction to a decimal, divide the numerator by the denominator.

To convert a decimal to a fraction, place the decimal number over its place value.

For example, in 0.6, the six is in the tenths place, so we place 6 over 10 to create the equivalent fraction, 6/10. If
needed, simplify the fraction.

What is 1.75 as fraction?

Convert 0.625 to a fraction

Percent Problems
1. Percent × Base = Amount
30 is 20% of what number?
What is 35% of 160?
What is 75% of 240?
2. Percent Increase and Decrease
Subtract the old from the new value, and then divide by the old value. Show that in percentage
New value-Old value/ Old Value ×100
The percentage of increase quantity is the actual increase/original amount×100
The percentage of decrease quantity is the actual decrease/original amount×100
For Example, A pair of socks went from $5 to $6.What is the percentage change?

 Step 1: $5 to $6 is a $1 increase.
 Step 2: Divide by the old value: $1/$5 = 0.2.
 Step 3: Convert 0.2 to percentage: 0.2×100 = 20% rise

The price of a kilo of rice went from $10 to $12.5, what is the percentage change?

The weight of a boy this year is 48 kg. If his weight was 50 kg the previous year, what is the percentage change in
weight of the boy?

Price Discount

Sale Price = List Price – Discount

Discount = List Price × Discount Rate

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In an apparel store, a sweatshirt that sells for Rs1500 is marked "10% off." Find out the rate of discount?
What is the sale price of the sweatshirt?

Solution: Given that the rate is 10%.

The discount is: 0.10 x Rs1500 = Rs150

Now, the sale price is reckoned as follows:

Original price = Rs1500

Discount - 150

Thus the sale price = Rs1350

 If the list price of a product is $4500, and there is a 40% discount on it, calculate the price at
which the customer can buy the product
 In a departmental store, Rs. 40 dress is marked with Save 25 %. What will be the discount? What will be the
sale price of this dress?
 Mary has learned that the $450 purse she'd been wanting is finally on sale at a 45% discount.
How much will the purse cost now?

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