Understanding Percent + Financial Literacy

By the end of this unit I should be able to:

1. Be aware of situations that apply to percents greater than 100% or between     0% and 1%.

2. Be able to change a fraction to decimal and percent forms. 

3. Be able to change decimals to fraction and percent forms.

4. Be able to change percents to decimal and fraction forms.

5. Show these on a 100% grid or a 1% grid and be able to tell what is being           shown on these grids.

6. Find the percent if given a situation where you know a certain amount out 

    of a total. ( Write the fraction and change to a percent)

7. Find the percent of#. (Change to a decimal and multiply).

8. Find the number (the whole) if given the percent and the part. 

9. Find the percent increase or decrease (= change/original x 100%)

10. Find the discount, new selling price, sales tax (13%) and total cost of an item.

11. Solve other word problems associated with percent.