FRACTIONS AND PERCENTS

Marianna represented several percents as portions of $100$ in the pictures below.

1. Write the percent represented in each picture.

   Hint (a):

   A percent refers to an amount out of $100$.

   Hint 2 (a):

   Count how many shaded squares there are out of $100$.

   More Help (a):

   1. has $80$ shaded squares.

   2. has $12$ and a half shaded squares.

   3. has $10$ shaded squares.

   Answer (a):

   1. $80\%$ 

   2. $12.5\%$

   3. Now try this on your own.

2. Write the portion represented in each picture as a fraction in at least two different ways.

   Hint (b):

   Based on part (a), what is the number of shaded squares over the total number of squares?

   More Help (b):

   Can you reduce these fractions?