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126 Rational Numbers
Online Option Take the Online Readiness Quiz.
Write each percent as a fraction in
simplest form.
- 75% 2. 90%
- 47% 4. 14%
- 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.
- 2 ^1
4
7. 5 ^1
2 - ^45 9. 1 ^1
3 - 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.
- 57% 12. 38%
- 94% 14. 6%
- 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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