GRADE 7 MATH · CHAPTER 2

Ratios, rates & percentages

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  1. Ratios, rates & percents

    Use a scale drawing

    Convert a drawing measurement to a real measurement using a scale.

  2. Ratios, rates & percents

    Find a percent increase

    Express an increase relative to the original amount.

  3. Ratios, rates & percents

    Calculate simple interest

    Calculate interest on an unchanged principal over whole years.

AN EXAMPLE FROM THIS CHAPTER

A scale drawing uses 1 cm for 100 cm in real life. A line on the drawing is 2 cm long. What is its real length in centimeters?

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200

Each drawing centimeter represents 100 real centimeters. 2 × 100 = 200 cm.

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