ClassX Video Lessons Youtube Channel Smile and Learn English Percentages for Kids % – What is percentages in Math? – Math for Kids
Hello friends! Welcome to my pastry shop. Today, we’re going to learn about percentages and how to calculate them. A percentage is a way to express a number as a part of 100. We use the symbol (%) to show percentages, and we say “percent,” which means “for every 100 parts.”
Let’s look at an example with cakes. Imagine we have 100 cakes, and 80 percent of them are chocolate cakes. This means that for every 100 cakes, 80 are chocolate. But what if we only have 50 cakes? Well, 80 percent of 50 cakes would still be chocolate cakes.
Percentages are also useful for calculating discounts when shopping. Knowing how to calculate percentages can help you save money!
To calculate the percentage of a number, you multiply the number by the percentage and then divide by 100. Let’s try an example:
Oh no! I was supposed to bake 50 cookies, but I got distracted, and 30 percent of them got burned. How many cookies is that?
First, multiply 30 by 50, which equals 1500. Then, divide 1500 by 100, which equals 15. So, 30 percent of my 50 cookies means I burned 15 cookies. Did you get that?
Today, our strawberry cakes have a 10% discount. The original price is $20. How much will each cake cost after the discount?
We need to find 10% of 20. Let’s calculate: 10 times 20 equals 200, and 200 divided by 100 equals 2. So, 10% of $20 is $2. This means each cake is $2 cheaper, so the new price is $18.
You did great! Now you know what a percentage is and how to calculate it.
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Percentage Hunt: Go on a percentage hunt around your home or neighborhood! Look for items that have percentages on them, like food packages, sale tags, or cleaning products. Write down what you find and discuss with a family member or friend how percentages are used in each case. Can you find at least three different examples?
Make Your Own Percentage Problems: Create your own percentage problems using items you have at home. For example, if you have a box of 20 crayons, you can ask, “What is 25% of my crayons?” Solve the problem and share it with a classmate or family member. Try to create at least two different problems and see if they can solve them too!
Percentage Art: Use art supplies to create a picture that shows percentages. For example, draw a garden with 100 flowers and color 40% of them red. How many flowers will you color red? Use different percentages and colors to make your artwork colorful and fun. Share your artwork with your class and explain the percentages you used.
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Hello friends! Welcome to my pastry shop. Today we’re going to learn how to calculate percentages. A percentage is an amount expressed as a number of parts of something divided into 100 parts. The symbol we use to indicate percentage is this sign (%), and we read it as “percent,” which means “for every 100 parts.”
Let’s look at an example. Here we have 100 cakes, and 80 percent of them are chocolate cakes. We can express this by saying that for every 100 cakes, 80 are chocolate cakes. The number of elements doesn’t have to be 100. Let’s look at 50 cakes, for example. Eighty percent of them are chocolate cakes too.
We use percentages to calculate all types of discounts for products on sale. You can save a lot of money if you learn how to calculate percentages. Great! Now that we know what a percentage means, let’s find out how to calculate it.
To calculate the percentage of a number, we multiply that number by the indicated percentage and divide by 100. Let’s look at an example.
Oops! What bad luck! I had to bake 50 cookies, but got distracted explaining percentages, and 30 percent of my cookies got burned. How many cookies actually got burned?
To find out, first we should multiply 30 by 50. This equals 1500. Then we divide this result by 100, which equals 15. So, if 30 percent of my 50 cookies got burned, that means that I burned 15 cookies. Did you understand that?
Let’s try with another example. Just for today, the strawberry cakes have a 10% discount. Their original price is $20. How much would each strawberry cake cost after the 10% discount?
Well, we just have to find 10% of 20. Are you ready? I’m going to give you a few seconds to calculate that.
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Do you have the answer? Ten percent of 20 is 2. You got that right! Let’s see: 10 times 20 equals 200, and 200 divided by 100 equals 2. If ten percent of twenty dollars is two, each strawberry cake comes with a discount of two dollars. This means that just for today, the price of this cake will be $18 because we subtracted the ten percent discount (which is two dollars) from the original price of twenty dollars.
You did great! Now you know what a percentage means and how to calculate it.
Oh no, not again! I’ve burned more cookies. See you soon, friends!
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