Finding+the+Percent+of+a+number

=Finding the Percent of a number=

To find the percent of a number it is a combination of more than one mental math strategy. First you need to think of the percent as a decimal, and then use your knowledge of multiplying by tenths, hundredths, thousandths, etc. You also need to remember that to multiply is also to find groups of, so instead of saying "times" we will say "of". Lets look at an example: