Virtual Nerd: Use a Proportion to Find What Percent a Part Is of a Whole

Percent of a number? Learn how to set this problem up as a proportion to solve. It's not as hard as you think.

Percent, parts, whole, how do these pieces fit together to solve a percent problem? Follow along as the instructor shows how to set this up as a proportion problem in order to solve it.

Percentages, parts, whole, how do these pieces fit together to solve a percent problem? Follow along as the instructor shows how to set this up as a proportion problem in order to solve it.

Tutorial shows how to use a percent proportion to take a percent of a number. [2:13]

The instructor illustrates place value by first drawing a place value chart. Then she inserts the numbers in question so she can find the value of certain digits. I think her chart really helps visually.

This tutorial shows how to use a percent proportion to take a percent of a number. [4:13]

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students use a proportion to find a percent. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt practice...

There are two methods for finding the percentage of a number. One is to use an equation, and the other is to use a proportion. This tutorial demonstrates with clear examples how to implement the proportion method. Insert this video into...

The natural numbers begin at 1, 2,3 ... and go to infinity. The whole numbers begin at 0, 1, 2,3 É and go to infinity. So the only difference between natural numbers and whole numbers is zero.

Follow along as the instructor demonstrates how to subtract a whole number from a fraction. First, she changes the whole number to a fraction. Then she finds the least common denominator of the two fractions. Finally, she does the...