Rooster's Growing Post

Question 1 : What is a good definition of percent? You should use words symbols, pictures and numerical examples in your definition. (suggestion gliffy is an excellent tool for adding detail to your definition.)
LINK : http://gliffy.com/gliffy/#d=1126130&t=Growing_Post_1


Question 2 : How are three fifths (3/5), 3:2, 60% and 0.6 all the same? Use pictures and words to show your answer.
3/5 = 3 / 5 = 0.6 . 0.6x100 = 60%
3:2 = 3+2 = 5 = 3/5 . 3*5 = 0.6x100 = 60%
60% = 60%
0.6 = 0.6x100 = 60%


Question 3 : Show 3 different ways to find 35% of 80. (bubbleshare is an excellent tool to animate the many different ways of finding these answer).
1.) 80 / 100 = 0.8
0.8x35 = 28

2.) 80 / 2 = 40
50% = 40
40 / 10 = 4
5% = 4
4x7 = 28

3.) 80 / 10 = 8
8 / 2 = 4
4x7 = 28


Question 4 : Find a link to blogs that deal with percentages. Leave a comment behind and add the link with a review (What the post was talking about....yes you have to read the post and why others should read the post) Hint In the side bar there are links to other schools. Three of them have done work on percentages!
http://linden8z.blogspot.com/ . i wrote a comment , but they didn't accept it yet . this is a really good post
because it explains everything very well and it's nice and neat .


Question 5 : The principal announced that 50% of the children in Ms. Stanzi's class met their reading goal for the month and that 55% of the children in Ms Lowrey's class met their reading goal for the month. Ms Stanzi said that a greater number of her students met their reading goal. Could Ms Stanzi be correct? Why or Why not.
Yes, Ms Stanzi could be correct if she had more kids in her room than Ms Lowrey .
Example : Ms. Stanzi's class : 30 kids
Ms. Lowrey's class : 32 kids.
(30÷2=15)

Ms. Lowrey's has only 8 or 9 kids that met their reading goal.
(32÷100=0.32, 0.32x55=17.6)


Question 6 : Use a hundred grid (unit square) to illustrate the following questions. Once you have explained and illustrated what the question means solve it.a) 16 is 40% of what number?b) What is 120% of 30?
a) 16 is 40% of what number?
40÷40=1
16÷40=0.4
0.4x100=40
16/40=40/100

b) What is 120% of 30?
30÷100=0.3
0.3x120=36
36/30=120/100