How To Calculate Percentages
What is the Percentage?
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The
percentage
is a fraction or a ratio in which the value of the whole (denominator) is always 100
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Calculating Percentage
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By using the unitary method:
In this method, we just multiply the fraction by 100 to get the percentage
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Finding Percentage When the Total is 100
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When we have two or more values that add up to 100, the percentage of those individual values to the total value is that number itself
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Finding Percentage When the Total is NOT 100
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Emma has a bracelet that is made up 8 red beads and 12 blue beads. Here, the total number of beads is 8 + 12 = 20 (which is not equal to 100)
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Percentage Formula
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The percentage formula is used to find the share of a whole in terms of 100. Using this formula, you can represent a number as a fraction of 100.
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