NumberNut.com Header  THis penny is one percent of a dollar.
One hundred pennies make up one dollar.  Playing with
Percentages  Percentages are closely related to both fractions
and decimals. They are related to decimals because percentages
break values into parts of one hundred (the denominator).
Percentages are related to fractions because they represent
values that are parts of a whole. Don't think that percentages
are always smaller than one hundred. You may have percentages
represent an increase of several hundred percent. Percentages
can also go up or down. The percent change is always based on
your original numbers.  Less than one hundred percent change:
Starting value of 200. Value increased by 20. What was the
percentage change? 20/200 = .10 .10 x 100 = 10% increase  More
than one hundred percent change: Starting value of 50. Value
increased by 250. What was the percentage change? 250/50 = 5 5 x
100 = 500% increase  The symbol for percentages is a new one for
you. You will see a small circle, a diag