WARM UP # 8: Fractions, Decimals & Percent

Write each fraction as a decimal and percent.

Fraction

1) 1/
2) 3/

3) 1/8
4) 7/10
5) 7/
9
6) 3/
5
7) 2/
3

Decimal

Percent

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done.
Put your score on your paper out of 10.

Percent
Shortcuts

Method 1: Use place value.

0.2 =

2 = 20 = 20%
10
100

Method 2: Multiply by 100

*Move the decimal 2 places
to the right.

0.2 = 0.20 = 20%

Divide by 100 *Move the decimal 2 places to the left.

218
218% =
= 218
100
20% = 20
100

= 20

100

100

= 2.18

= 0.20

Method 1: Write an equivalent fraction with a

denominator of 100.
40
2 x20
=
= 40%
5 x20
100
Method 2: Write the fraction as a decimal.
2 = 2 5 = .40 = 40%
5
Put the percent over
100 and reduce.

52
52% = 100

13
=
25
4

DECIMALS

1) 0.3
2) 0.41
3) 1.13

ANSWER

DECIMALS

3
10
41
100

4) 0.861

5)

0.35

13
1
100

6)

0.001

ANSWER

861
1000
35
100

1
1000

FRACTIONS

1) 5
8
3
2)
16
5
3)
10

ANSWER

FRACTIONS

2
4)
0.625
11
9
0.1875 5)
6
3
6)
0.5
5

ANSWER

0.18
1.5
0.6

PERCENTS

ANSWER

1) 50%

50 1

100 2

2) 29%

29
100

3) 129%

129
29
1
100
100

PERCENTS

4) 3%
5) 37.5%
6) 25%

ANSWER
3
100
37.5 375 3

100 1000 8

25 1

100 4

Fraction
4
5
16 4
100 25
9
1000

Decimal

Percent

0.8

80%

0.16

16%

0.009

0.9%

Fraction

Decimal

Percent

7
100

0.07

7%

3
10

0.3

30%

7
2
10

2.7

270%

1
=
50%
2

1
=
25%
4

3
=
75%
4

1
=
33.3%
3

2
=
66.6%
3

1
=
20%
5

2
=
40%
5

3
=
60%
5

4
=
80%
5

 Percent shortcuts are very useful to

calculate percentages mentally.
They are fairly easy to do.
Please pay close attention as you
learn how to do this.

Find 17% of 300

10% of 300 = 30 300
5% of 300 = 15
300
1% of 300 = 3
3
1%
of
300
=
+

17% of 300 = 51

 Lindsey was given lots of problems.

All of them required that she find
various percents of $200.
Lindsey made a table to help her
organize her data.
She used benchmarks to help her
solve each percent problem.

BENCHMARKS are common numbers

that serve as points of reference.
If you know your BENCHMARKS
then you can easily calculate harder
percent problems by combining
BENCHMARK numbers together.
Just watch!

1. What is 50% of 200? ____

100

50
2. What is 25% of 200? ___

20
3. What is 10% of 200? ____
4. What is 5% of 200? ____
10

2
5. What is 1% of 200? ____

12
1) 6% of 200 ______
6% = 5% + 1%
= 10 + 2

1. What is 50% of 200? ____

100

50
2. What is 25% of 200? ___

20
3. What is 10% of 200? ____
4. What is 5% of 200? ____
10

2
5. What is 1% of 200? ____

18
2) 9% of 200 ______
9% = 10% 1%

= 20 2

1. What is 50% of 200? ____

100

50
2. What is 25% of 200? ___

20
3. What is 10% of 200? ____
4. What is 5% of 200? ____
10

2
5. What is 1% of 200? ____

46
3) 23% of 200 ______
23% =
20% + 1% + 1% + 1%

or
25% 1% 1%

= 50 2 2

1. What is 50% of 200? ____

100

50
2. What is 25% of 200? ___

20
3. What is 10% of 200? ____
4. What is 5% of 200? ____
10

2
5. What is 1% of 200? ____

82
4) 41% of 200 ______
41% =
50% 10% + 1%

=100 20 + 2
Or.41% =
25% + 10% + 5% + 1%

Take out your

study guide
please.

#4
= 0.05 =

1
20

= 0.1

1
10

50% = 0.5

1
5

66.6%

25% = 0.25 =

1
4

5%
10%

20% = 0.2

33.3%

0.3

0.6

75% = 0.75 =

1
3

1
2
=

3
4

2
3

#5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

250
What is 50% of 500? ____
What is 25% of 500? ____
125
What is 10% of 500? ____
50
What is 5% of 500? ____
25
What is 1% of 500? ____
5

1) 8% of 500
8% = 10% 2%
= 50 10

= 40

2) 61% of 500
61% = 50% + 10% + 1%
= 250 + 50 + 5

= 305

#6
Estimate 21% of 66
21% 20% Use a benchmark close to 21%.
20% 1

66 65
1
5

Write 20% as a fraction.

Use compatible numbers.

65 = 13 Use mental math: 65 5.

So 21% of 66 is about 13.

Name___________
January 21, 2010
Period___

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