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Percentages, Decimals, and Fractions

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The Hundred Grid

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Look at how shading on a 10 by 10 grid lines up with a percentage, a decimal, and a fraction. Twenty-five squares shaded means 25%, 0.25, and 1/4. Half the grid is 50%, 0.5, and 1/2. A single square is 1%, 0.01, and 1/100. Per cent means out of one hundred.