Name _________________________________________ Per ___

PERCENTS: JOURNEYMAN Packet

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Overview: You will extend the skills from your apprenticeship to more difficult numbers. You will find the percent of any number for any percent. You will answer questions such as “3 is 8% of what number?”. You will answer questions such as “3 is what percent of 37.5?

Weekly evidence: Choose one:

· Signed note from parent or guardian that you worked on this topic for at least 10 minutes a day (use this if you are doing web practice)

· One worksheet page, completed with work shown. Check your work with a fraction calculator.

· One page of problems that you make up yourself. There should be at least 10 problems, solved with your work shown. Check your answer using a fraction calculator.

Help:

• How to solve percent problems
• Using the percent triangle to solve percent problems- handout
• How to find the percent of a number: video

Worksheets

• Find the percent of a number
• Other percent problems

Web Practice

• Percent practice (do the harder problems)