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Decimals and percentages

Explore decimals and percentages with an example and your own answers.

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Original Kidemy foundation practice · Read the example, write your answers, then check. This starter is shared across class versions; it is not a complete board-specific lesson or course.

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Percent means out of one hundred. Fractions, decimals and percentages can name the same amount.

Worked example

25% = 25/100 = 1/4 = 0.25.

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  2. Try each task yourself, then compare the answer and its reason.

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0.75

Three quarters equal seventy-five hundredths.

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30

Twenty out of every hundred is one fifth.

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60

Six tenths equal sixty hundredths.

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Apply the idea in a new situation and explain your method. Open writing needs a guardian or teacher to review it.

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36

10% is twenty-four and 5% is twelve.

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9

Multiply both numbers by ten to obtain 36÷4.

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20% means twenty per hundred, not Tk 20. The reduction is Tk 100 and the new price is Tk 400.

Identify the original whole and the percentage amount.

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