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jonathanlewis2002 May 31, 2026 • 20 views

Real-world examples of percentages for Grade 6

Hey there, future math whizzes! 👋 Percentages might seem tricky, but they're super useful in everyday life. Think discounts when you're shopping 🛍️, calculating your grades 💯, or even figuring out how much pizza 🍕 everyone gets! Let's explore some real-world examples and test your skills!
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📚 Quick Study Guide

  • 🔢 A percentage is a way of expressing a number as a fraction of 100. The word percent means 'per hundred.'
  • ➗ To convert a fraction to a percentage, divide the numerator by the denominator and then multiply by 100.
  • 🛍️ To find a percentage of a number, multiply the number by the percentage (expressed as a decimal). For example, to find 20% of 50, multiply 50 by 0.20.
  • ➕ Percent increase is calculated as: $\frac{\text{New Value - Original Value}}{\text{Original Value}} \times 100$
  • ➖ Percent decrease is calculated as: $\frac{\text{Original Value - New Value}}{\text{Original Value}} \times 100$
  • 💡 Remember to always include the percentage symbol (%) after the number.

Practice Quiz

  1. What is 25% of 80?
    1. 10
    2. 20
    3. 30
    4. 40
  2. A store is having a 20% off sale. If a shirt originally costs $25, what is the sale price?
    1. $5
    2. $20
    3. $20.50
    4. $30
  3. In a class of 30 students, 60% are girls. How many girls are in the class?
    1. 12
    2. 15
    3. 18
    4. 20
  4. John wants to save 15% of his $200 allowance each month. How much money will he save?
    1. $15
    2. $20
    3. $30
    4. $35
  5. A recipe calls for 200g of flour, but you want to increase the recipe by 50%. How much flour do you need?
    1. 250g
    2. 300g
    3. 350g
    4. 400g
  6. A baseball team won 70% of their 40 games. How many games did they win?
    1. 24
    2. 26
    3. 28
    4. 30
  7. If you got 80% on a 50-question test, how many questions did you answer correctly?
    1. 30
    2. 35
    3. 40
    4. 45
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  2. B
  3. C
  4. C
  5. B
  6. C
  7. C

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