6th Grade Math Textbook, Progress

Percents Greater Than 100%

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Write each as a decimal.

1. 175% 2. 220% 3. 440% 4. 350% 5. 101%


2. 205% 7. 432% 8. 500% 9. 355% 10. 816%


3. 200% 12. 550% 13. 625% 14.130% 15. 760%

A bicycle is 125% of its original value. This means

that the bicycle is 25% more than its original value.

100% of something 125% of something means

means the whole. 25% more than the whole.

A percent greater than 100%can be renamed as an

equivalent decimal or as an equivalent mixed number.

To rename a percent greater than 100% as an equivalent decimal:


Drop the percent symbol (%).


Move the decimal point twoplaces to the left.

125%
 1 .25.
1.25

To rename a percent greater than 100% as an equivalent mixed number:


Drop the percent symbol (%).


Write the number as the numerator

and 100 as the denominator.


Express the fraction in simplest form.

125%
^125100 
 1100 25 
^2525 
 141

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