Find a familiar percent

Calculate familiar percentages of whole-number quantities.

1. Use 10%, 25%, 50% and their multiples as benchmarks.
2. Work through the example. Explain how its evidence supports the answer.
3. Try a new question; use the explanation to check your thinking.

Try it together

Write or draw your own example with different numbers. Solve it, then ask a partner to check the method as well as the answer.

Use 10%, 25%, 50% and their multiples as benchmarks.