MAP 6th Grade Math
A comprehensive course designed to build foundational and advanced math skills for 6th-grade students, preparing them for the MAP assessment and real-world problem-solving.
Practical Applications
Percent Problems in Daily Life
Using Percents Every Day
Calculating percents helps you with shopping sales, taxes, and tips. Knowing how to find a percent of a number or what percent one number is of another is a super useful life skill.
Steps to Solve Percent Problems
- Change the percent to a decimal.
- Multiply the decimal by the number.
- To find what percent one number is of another, divide and multiply by 100.
Being a Smart Shopper
Understanding percents saves money and helps you make good decisions with your budget.
Examples
A \$40 shirt is 25% off, so the discount is \$40 x 0.25 = \$10.
You leave a 15% tip on a \$12 meal, which is \$1.80.