7th Grade Math

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prerequisite skills for this chapter.

126 Rational Numbers

Online Option Take the Online Readiness Quiz.

Write each percent as a fraction in

simplest form.

1. 75% 2. 90%


2. 47% 4. 14%


3. FRIENDS Of Max’s friends, 35% have
   a birthday in the summer months.
   Write 35% as a fraction in simplest
   form.

EXAMPLE 1

Write 25% as a fraction in simplest form.

25% = _ 10025 Definition of percent.

1

= _/^25

100 or

_^1

4

4

/

Graph on a number line.

6. 2 ^1
   4
   7. 5 ^1
   2


7. ^45 9. 1 ^1
   3


8. MEASUREMENT Jenna is baking a cake
   that requires 2 ^3
   4
   cups of flour and
   1 ^1
   2
   cups of sugar. Graph the amounts
   of flour and sugar on a number line.

EXAMPLE 2

Graph 3 _^2

3

on a number line.

Find the two whole numbers that 3 _^2

3

lies between.

3 < 3 _^2

3

< 4

Since the denominator is 3, divide each

space into 3 sections.

Place a dot at 3 _^2

3

.

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Write each percent as a decimal.

11. 57% 12. 38%


12. 94% 14. 6%


13. SOCCER Last season, Chris made 72%
    of his penalty kicks. Write 72% as a
    decimal.

EXAMPLE 3

Write 21% as a decimal.

21% = _ 10021

= 0.21

Are You ReadyAre You Ready

for the Chapter?for the Chapter?

Rewrite the percent as a fraction with a

denominator of 100.

Write 21 hundredths as a decimal.

Simplify. Divide the numerator and

denominator by the GCF, 25.

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