For example
Half the class walking to school means 50 percent walk.
In Grade 5
Children shade hundred squares to see percent as parts out of every hundred.
Watch out for
Children often think 50 percent is always a large amount. Fifty percent of a small number is still small.
Say it at home
Look at a sale sign and ask what the percent off means in real money.
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