Thursday, September 9, 2010

Finding Percentages

In class at the moment our Maths W.A.L.T is Find percentages of given numbers
Benna and Marcel's way:
Divide the number by ten  and then work out the percentage
For Example: 15% of 92

  1. 92 divided by 10 = 9.2, 
  2. 50% of 9.2 =4.6 
  3. 9.2 + 4.6= 13.8 
so 15% of 92= 13.8





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