2. Create a drawing to show how to
divide the candy bars evenly
between the students who are in
3. WHAT IS A PERCENT?
THE WORD “PERCENT” COMES FROM THE
WORDS “PER CENT”, MEANING OUT OF 100
4. A penny is of a dollar because a dollar bre
down into 100 pennies. $1.00 = 100 x .01 or 1%
5. TWO WAYS WE CAN FIND THE PERCENT OF A
FRACTIONS…
WHENEVER WE BREAK SOMETHING INTO 100
PARTS, YOU GET 1% OF THE WHOLE
Step 1. 50 ÷ 100 =.50
= 50%
Step 2. 25 x .5 = 50
