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Mathematics
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Section
A
Chapter 4
Percentage
Reading and writing
percentages
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How do you read and write
percentages?
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This shop is having
its annual year-end
sale.
What is the
discount you will
get if you want to
buy a shirt from
the shop?
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Percent means ‘out of 100’.
40% means 40 out of 100. 80% means 80 out of 100.
The symbol “%” represents the word “percent”.
40% is read as forty percent. 80% is read as eighty percent.
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30 out of 100 squares are shaded.
We say that 30% of this shape is
shaded.
30% is read as thirty percent.
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Percentages and fractions
Fractions with denominators of 100 can be readily converted
into percentages (%).
can be written as 12 percent or 12%.
Percentages can also be easily converted into fractions with
denominators of 100.
41
41 percent or 41% can be written as .
100
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To convert a fraction into a percentage, change the
fraction into an equivalent fraction with the
denominator
7 of 100.
Convert into a percentage.
20
Working: ×
=
×
= 35%
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41
Convert into a
5 0
percentage.
Working: ×
=
×
= 82%
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To convert a percentage into a fraction, divide
the percentage by 100 and simplify it to the
simplest form.
Convert 60% into a fraction.
Working: 60% =
÷
=
÷
=
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Convert 85% into a fraction.
Working: 85% =
÷
=
÷
=
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Percentages and decimals
The shaded portion can be
written
in percentage form as 70 percent or
70%.
70
in fraction form as .
100
in decimal form as 0.70.
70% = = 0.70
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To convert a percentage into a decimal, express it
as a fraction with the denominator of 100.
Then convert it into a decimal.
Convert 8% into a decimal. Convert 95% into a decimal.
Working: Working:
8% = 95% =
= 0.08 = 0.95
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To convert a decimal into a percentage, express it
as a fraction with the denominator of 100.
Then convert it into a percentage.
Convert 0.25 into a percentage. Convert 0.6 into a decimal.
Working: Working:
0.25 = 0.6 =
= 25% = 60%
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Comparing fractions, decimals and percentages
Fractions, decimals and percentages are different
ways of expressing portions of the whole.
Before comparing fractions, decimals and
percentages, we need to express them in the same
form.
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Compare the numbers in each pair.
(a) 35% and 0.24
Working: Convert 0.24 into percentage
form.
0.24 =
= 24%
35% > 24%
Therefor 35% > 0.24
e,
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Compare the numbers in each pair.
12
(b) and 48%
25
Working:
12
Convert into percentage form.
25
=
Therefor
= 48%
e,
𝟏𝟐
= 48% = 48%
48% 𝟐𝟓
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Fractions, decimals and percentages
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AITcfW7nFo
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For better
understandin
g,
let’s do Practice on
page 80.
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Mathematics
Workbook helps
you to excel in
maths.
Enjoy doing Exercises A to G
on pages 54 to 56.
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What have you learned
about reading and writing
percentages?
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References
• Primary Education Smart Plus Mathematics Textbook
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• Primary Education Smart Plus Mathematics Workbook
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• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AITcfW7nFo
