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Percent Lesson 53 The word percent can be broken down to determine its meaning. per = by cent = one hundred Therefore, the word percent means by 100. The symbol for percent is % One percent of a number is one hundredth of the number. Therefore, 20 % means 20 parts of 100 or 20 hundredths. Percents have equivalents in both fractions and decimals 20% How to find a percent of a whole number Don’t forget that “of” means to multiply How to find the percent of a whole number. Step 1 - When you see a percent problem you know when you read “of” in the problem you multiply. Step 2 – Change your percent to a decimal and then move it two places to the left. Step 3 – Multiply just like a regular decimal multiplication problem. Step 4 – Place the decimal point 2 places to the left in your answer. What is 20 % of 820? Example What is 40 % of 725? Example What is 60 % of 692? Example Sales tax is 5% in Maryland. Joey bought a pair of basketball shoes advertised for $62.00. How much sales tax did he pay? What does increase in % mean? What if you heard that the price of peanuts in Beijing went up 10% last year. If the old price was 60 yuan, what is the new price? What is 10% of 60 yuan? 0.1 x 60 = 6 yuan ( this is the increase) Now add the increase to the old price: 60 + 6 = 66 yuan Practice: Try this on your own! The number of acorns on the ground increased 240 percent during the storm. If 5400 acorns were on the ground before the storm, how many were on the ground after the storm? Percent of Increase To find a percent of increase, form a fraction with the amount of increase over the original amount, and change the fraction to a percent. Percent of Decrease To find the percent of decrease, follow the procedure for finding a percent of increase, but place the amount of decrease over the original amount. Example In 2000, there were 240 eighth graders enrolled in Sachin’s school. In 2005, there were 336 eighth graders enrolled. What was the percent o