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Definition of Percentages

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There are 5 lessons in this math tutorial covering Definition of Percentages. The tutorial starts with an introduction to Definition of Percentages and is then followed with a list of the separate lessons, the tutorial is designed to be read in order but you can skip to a specific lesson or return to recover a specific math lesson as required to build your math knowledge of Definition of Percentages. you can access all the lessons from this tutorial below.


In this Math tutorial, you will learn:

  • What are percentages?
  • What other methods of expressing numbers are equivalent to percentages?
  • How to write a number as a percentage of another number?
  • How to find the percentage of an amount?
  • How to calculate the percentage of another percentage of an amount?
  • How to add/subtract/multiply/divide percentages?
  • What does the word "of" means when dealing with percentages?

Introduction

How do you interpret the message "80% charged" written on your mobile phone?

What does it mean: "I am 100% sure it will rain tomorrow"?

What does it mean: "There is a 0% chance for me to travel next week"?

A bank offers 2.5% of simple interest. How much money will you have deposited in that bank after 2 years if you make a deposit of $10,000 right now?

Percentages represent a very important concept we use every day in one form or another. It is therefore important to understand what percentages represent in order to be familiar with them when using them in practice. In this tutorial, we provide an introduction to percentages to provide a good understanding and make it easier to understand the application of percentages and associated formula cover in the following tutorials in the Percentages chapter.

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Percentages Learning Material
Tutorial IDMath Tutorial TitleTutorialVideo
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Questions
5.1Definition of Percentages
Lesson IDMath Lesson TitleLessonVideo
Lesson
5.1.1Definition of Percentages
5.1.2Writing a Number as a Percentage of another Number
5.1.3Finding the Percentage of an Amount
5.1.4Calculating the Percentage of another Percentage of an Amount
5.1.5Operations with Percentages

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