1. Percentage: a percentage is a fraction with 100 as the denominator

• Meaning of percentage: “per cent” means “by the hundred” or divided by one hundred. The term “percentage” is derived from the Latin per centum, meaning “per hundred”.
  • 38% = 38/100 = 0.38
  • 100% = 100/100 = 1
  • 0% = 0/100 = 0

• Decimals, percentages and fractions and how to express a number in each form
• Express one quantity as a percentage of another
• Compare quantities using percentage
• Word problems involving percentage

2. Home Work:

• Handout:
  • Two pages
• Workbook:

• Page 39: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• Page 40: 6, 7