Percents: both large and small

Remember…Percent means out of one hundred.- You are comparing two numbers as if one

is a ‘part’ of an other, ‘original’- If this ‘part’ is really small, the percent

may be less than 1 (ex: 0.01%)- If this ‘part’ is larger than the ‘original’,

the percent will be greater than 100 (ex: 150%)

Percents greater than 100%Suppose this space is your original. This is what you start with.

100% of it would be the same thing over again.

150% would be the original 100% PLUS another 50% or half of the original.

Percents less than 1%

Suppose this space is your original. This is what you start with.

100% would be the same thing over again.10% of the original would be 1/10 or one tenth of the original.1% of the original would be 1/100 or one-one hundredth of the original. (or 10% of the 10%)Any percents less than one would be a part of ONE of this tiny slivers.For example 0.5%, 0.25%, and 0.75% are VERY small percents.