Finding the Percent of a Number

Given 26 numbers, participants compute percents. They use two different methods: proportions, or equations, in order to solve for the percent of each number. This is an outstanding worksheet, neatly formatted and providing the repetitive...

Visualize methods of finding percents. Classmates find a percent of a quantity using two methods including a visual model in the 26th instructional activity in a series of 29. By the end of the instructional activity, scholars find...

In this percent of a number worksheet, students read word problems and translate them into equations.  They determine the percent of a number.  This one-page worksheet, contains 8 problems.

Fifth and sixth graders review two steps to find percents of a number. They solve the first nine problems by writing the percent as a ratio. Everyone solves the second set by writing the percent as a decimal and use any method for the...

Here is a very visual assignment to give when learning about calculating percentages. Scholars are shown how to use a 100 grid in which each square represents a value. They shade in blank grids and use proportions to help calculate...

In this percent worksheet, students find the percent of a number using multiplication. This one-page worksheet contains 20 problems. Answers are provided on the same page.

This PowerPoint demonstrates the process of finding the percent of a given number. The slides contain various word problems and questions that viewers must find the answer to. This slide show is interactive and allows the middle...

Use the knowledge of multiplying fractions to find a percent of a number. The video builds the process to find the percent of a number by recalling that the word of in fraction problems meant to multiply. Finding the percent of a number...

What percent of the 100 ft. rock has Marta climbed? Young mathematicians find the percent of number (the rock height) by moving the climber up and down the rock.

Percent of a number? Learn how to set this problem up as a proportion to solve. It's not as hard as you think.