Grade 6 · Math · Lesson 12

Percent as Rate per Hundred

Percent is a special ratio that always compares a part to the number one hundred. The word percent literally means "per hundred". When you read 25%, you are reading "25 out of 100". Percents show up everywhere — battery levels, test scores, sales tags, sports stats — because comparing to 100 makes very different totals easy to talk about.

What this lesson teaches

1Define percent as a ratio that compares a part to one hundred
2Model a percent by shading the matching number of squares on a 10x10 grid
3Convert between percent, fraction with denominator 100, and decimal forms
4Read and write everyday percent statements such as 25%, 50%, and 100%

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