Percents for Kids: Find a Percent of a Number the Easy Way (Grade 6 Math)

Hi, I'm Luna from DoodleBeez. Today we are learning about percents. Percent means out of one hundred. So fifty percent means fifty out of every hundred, which is exactly half.

Picture a bar split into ten equal parts. Each part is ten percent. Shade three parts, and you have thirty percent. Thirty percent is the same as three tenths, or the decimal zero point three.

To find ten percent of a number, divide it by ten. Ten percent of eighty is eight. Once you know ten percent, you can build others. Thirty percent of eighty is three lots of eight, which is twenty four.

Another way is to change the percent to a decimal and multiply. Twenty five percent is zero point two five. Zero point two five times sixty is fifteen. That is the same as one quarter of sixty.

What percent is nine out of twenty? Make the bottom number one hundred. Twenty times five is one hundred, so multiply nine by five too. That gives forty five out of one hundred, which is forty five percent.

Percents are everywhere, like sales. A jacket costs forty dollars and is twenty percent off. Ten percent of forty is four, so twenty percent is eight. Forty take away eight is thirty two dollars.

Now it's your turn. What is fifteen percent of two hundred? Pause and try. Ten percent of two hundred is twenty. Five percent is half of that, which is ten. Twenty plus ten is thirty. The answer is thirty.

Great job! Remember, percent means out of one hundred, ten percent means divide by ten, and you can also change a percent to a decimal and multiply. Practice percents in Middle School Math at doodlebeez.com. See you next time!