Numeracy Worksheet - Castlebrae Community High School - 2012 Page 28

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FHS Numeracy
Percentages:
contents page
Non- Calculator
%
Percent means out of 100. The symbol for percent is:
A percentage can be converted to an equivalent fraction or decimal.
36
36% means
Level 2
100
9
36
36% =
=
= 0.36
25
100
Common Percentages
Level 2
Some percentages are used very frequently. It is useful to know these as fractions
and decimals.
Fraction
Percentage
Decimal
Simplest Form
1
1
1%
0.01
100
100
1
10
10%
0.1
10
100
1
20
20%
0.2
5
100
1
25
25%
0.25
4
100
1
33
1/3
33
%
0.333…
1
/
3
3
100
1
50
50%
0.5
2
100
2
66
2
/
3
66
%
0.666…
2
/
3
3
100
3
75
75%
0.75
4
100
100
100%
1
1
100
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L Watson 2012

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