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Understanding Percentages

Understand the per cent symbol (%); know that per cent means ‘number of parts per hundred’; write percentages as a fraction with denominator 100 and as a decimal

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Question 1 of 3

Mia makes a 10 × 10 grid of tiny squares (so there are 100 squares in total). She shades exactly 40% of the squares. Which choice correctly tells (i) how many squares are shaded, (ii) the fraction that shows the shaded part using 100 as the denominator, and (iii) the decimal form of the same percent?

Question 2 of 3

Which statement correctly explains what 50% and 100% mean?

Question 3 of 3

Which pair shows 35% written correctly as a fraction and as a decimal?

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