Percentages

This video from Khan Academy describes how to calculate a given percentage of a whole number, and shows how to return the answer in various formats.

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Page 2 of these notes from MathCentre shows how to compute a given percentage of a number, along with some exercises with answers given at the end.

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This NUMBAS exercise will let you practise what you’ve learned about calculating percentages of a number.

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This video from Khan Academy shows how to convert from a simplified fraction to a percentage. It also shows how to write the same fraction in decimal notation.

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This video from patrickJMT shows how to convert from a percentage to a simplified fraction.

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Page 2 of these notes from MathCentre shows how to convert from a fraction to a percentage and vice versa. There also exercises for you to practise with on page 3.

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This interactive exercise from NUMBAS lets you practise the conversion from fraction to percentage and vice versa.

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This video from patrickJMT shows how to convert a percentage to a decimal with a few different examples.

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This Khan Academy video shows how to convert a decimal to a percentage with an example.

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Page 1 of these notes shows how to convert a decimal to a percentage with examples, and has exercises with answers that you can use for practice.

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This NUMBAS exercise is a multiple-choice questionnaire which asks you to select the correct decimal or percentage conversion in each instance.

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This video from Mario’s Math Tutoring shows how to compute the increase or decrease in percentage of an amount.

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Pages 5-6 of these MathCentre notes give applied examples to show how to calculate the percentage increase or decrease of an amount.

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You can test what you’ve learned with these NUMBAS exercises which cover adding percentage changes to the original amount, and calculating percentage changes.

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This video from patrickJMT shows the steps for solving a word problem in which you find the original price of an item before discount.

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These notes from the DeMontfort University MLC show how to find the original amount or price of an item given the percentage increase or decrease.

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This NUMBAS exercise lets you practise how to compute the original price of an item given the current price and the percentage discount.

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