Calculating Percentages

6th Grade•55 minutes

Learning Objective

I can calculate the percent of a number.

Finding a percent of a number is the same as finding a fraction of an amount.

To find a percent of a number, you can multiply the number by either the fraction form OR the decimal form of the percent.

When finding a percent of a number, remember that 'of' means multiply.

This lesson includes 12 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. What does it mean to find a percent of a number?

2. The word 'of' in the context of finding a percent of a number implies which mathematical operation?

3. To find 40% of 60, what is one possible multiplication problems you can set up?

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Math Antics - Finding A Percent Of A Number

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