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Understanding Percentages and Symbols
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Understanding Percentages and Symbols
Percentages describe parts of a whole. The symbol % means “per hundred”. Read each question carefully and show your working when needed.
Recognising the % symbol
1.What does the symbol % stand for?
- Plus
- Percent
- Dollars
- Subtract
2.At a recycling drive, all 12 boxes of cans have been collected. What percentage of the planned collection is complete?
- 25%
- 50%
- 75%
- 100%
3.Which items in this list use a percentage symbol? Write each complete item that contains %.
35% of the bottles were sorted.
The team sorted 12 boxes.
80% of the target was reached.
The target was 100 boxes.
4.Complete both statements: The symbol means percent. One whole amount is %.
Percentages as parts of a whole
5.A paper strip is divided into four equal sections. One section is shaded. What percentage of the strip is shaded?
6.Match each percentage to what it means.
- 100%
- 50%
- 25%
- 75%
- Half of the whole
- All of the whole
- One quarter of the whole
- Three quarters of the whole
7.At a recycling drive, 6 of 12 collected cartons are placed in the sorting crate. What percentage of the cartons are in the crate?
8.Explain what 100% means when describing a collection target.
Working with percentages
9.A team has collected 24 reusable containers. They send 25% of them to be checked. How many containers are checked?
10.Ivy says, “60% of the collection means 6 out of every 10 equal parts.” Is Ivy correct?
11.A full recycling target is 16 boxes. What number of boxes is 50% of the target?
12.A recycling drive has collected 40 kg of material. Zach sorts 10 kg. What percentage of the collected material has he sorted?
- 10%
- 25%
- 40%
- 75%
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