Lesson 3: Percents Greater Than 100% and Less Than 1%6.AT.4

I can…

I can write and interpret percents greater than 100% and less than 1%.

Key words

• Percent — A way to compare a number to 100, shown with the % sign.
• Greater than 100% — A percent bigger than 100%, more than the whole thing.
• Less than 1% — A percent smaller than 1%, a very tiny part.
• Equivalent — Having the same value, just written a different way.
• Mixed number — A whole number plus a fraction, like 2 1/3.

Steps

1. A player hit 150% of the goal. I want this as a decimal.
2. I divide by 100: 150 ÷ 100 = 1.5.
3. Since 1.5 is more than 1, this player beat the whole goal.
4. Now a tiny boost of 0.5%: 0.5 ÷ 100 = 0.005, much less than 1.

Try it

Which statement is true about 0.25%?

Check your answer

It equals 0.0025 as a decimal

0.25% = 0.25 ÷ 100 = 0.0025. It is much less than 1%, not equal to 1/4.

Sentence starter

I know ___ because ___.

Goal: I can explain my reasoning using the words percent, greater than 100%, less than 1%, and equivalent.