IXL | Represent percents with grid models, decimals, and fractions

Show 30% in three ways.

To start, shade 30% of the grid.

Click and drag to shade.

Write 30% as a decimal.

30% =

Write 30% as a fraction in simplest form.

30% =

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Show 60% in three ways.

To start, shade 60% of the grid.

Click and drag to shade.

Write 60% as a decimal.

60% =

Write 60% as a fraction in simplest form.

60% =

key idea

A percent tells you a part out of 100.

solution

60% means 60 parts out of 100.

To shade 60% of the grid, shade 60 of the 100 squares.

Now, write 60% as a decimal. The grid shows that 60% is equivalent to

100

That is the same as sixty hundredths.

60% =

100

0.60

Now, write 60% as a fraction in simplest form. To simplify

100

divide the numerator and denominator by 20.

100

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Lesson: Percents

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U.1What percentage is illustrated?

W.1What decimal number is illustrated?

Lesson: Percents

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