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Two important things when working with percentages are:. Converting between Percentages, Decimals and Fractions. Fractions , Decimals & Percentages. Find a % of a Quantity.
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Find a % of a Quantity • Mrs Higgins makes chocolate chip cookies. She adds 0.6kg of chocolate chips to a batch. Little Jack Horner thinks the cookies are too chocolaty… so mrs Higgins only puts 70% of the original amount in. What weight of chips does she remove? • Jackie swims lengths. 58 lengths is her max in a day’s training. Today she only does 85% of her maximum. How many lengths did she do today?
Last week, Jackie did 47 lengths. What percentage of her maximum did she do last week? • Mr Higgins normally adds 800grams of choc chips to his cookies. Today he only added 695g. What percentage of the normal amount did he add to his mixture today?
Kimberly bought a TV at a sale, 15% off the original price. If the original price was $1450 what was the amount taken off and what was the sale price? • Find 15% of $1450: • Change 15% to a decimal • 0.15×1450 = $217.50 (=amount taken off original price) • Sale price = $1450 - $217.50 = $1232.50 • The sale price was $1232.50