Percents vocabulary

Vocabulary- Language Objective

1. Base - Numerical value to which the part is compared. It is the denominator of a fraction equal to a percent fraction.

2. Decimal or Decimal Number - A fractional number may be expressed in decimal form. For example, seven-tenths maybe 7/10 or 0.7

3. Decimal Point - A dot or point that separates the decimal value from the integral value of a number.

4. Denominator - The bottom number of a fraction. It represents the number of pieces needed to make one whole.

5. Fraction - Any numerical expression with a numerator and a denominator.

6. Numerator - The top number of a fraction. It represents the number of pieces of a certain size considered for the expression.

7. Part - Numerical value compare to the base. It is the numerator of a fraction equal to a percent fraction. It can be greater than or less than the base value.

8. Percent - "PER" means "out of" or "divided by" and "CENT" means 100 (i.e. 100 cents in a dollar), therefore, PERCENT means "out of 100" or "divided by 100"

9. Percent Sign - The symbol: %, denoting a percent value.

10. Quotient - The name given to the result when one number is divided by another.

11. Ratio - The quotient of two numbers written as a/b , where b is not equal to 0

Tips

Part/Whole = Percent/100

Part - the number with the word “is”

Whole - the number with the word “of”