What is a Percent? - Understanding Percentage & Solve Percent Problems - [6-3-13] 

Wow, thank you!

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Thank you! I have some examples like that coming up in a future lesson. But FYI if it is 125%, just treat it exactly the same way = 125% = 125/100 = 1.25. So If you are a donut shop that can make a maximum of 60 donuts per day, and I tell you that isn't good enough, you need to make 125% of your donut capacity, you would take 60 * 1.25 = 75 donuts. So if I ask you to exceed your donut making capacity to go beyond your usual 100%, and increase it to 125%, you need to make 75 donuts instead of the usual 60. Notice we treated these percents in the same way as any other - no difference.

@@MathAndScience true, in electrical we use it all the time to calculate circuit breakers and wire size, motors often exceed the maximum rating on start ups...

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We do this because later we will use it to solve percentage problems. So, we will multiply by the fractional equivalent form of the percent. It is easier to multiply by 1/2 than multiplying by 50/100. You are correct though that either will work.

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Thanks so much, yes you can visit www.MathAndScience.com and also get quizzes and worksheets for these lessons. Thanks again very much! Jason

I just looked this up and it looks interesting. Not a bad way for students to remember. However I prefer to focus on what the fraction means, then you don't have to remember anything because all fractions mean the same thing when thinking of fractions as the division of two numbers.

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