Calculating Percentages of Amounts
Students will calculate a percentage of a given quantity.
Key Questions
- Justify different methods for calculating a percentage of an amount.
- Predict the outcome of calculating a percentage greater than 100%.
- Construct a real-world problem that requires finding a percentage of a quantity.
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