Ch 10: NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Percents
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NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Percents - Chapter Summary
Work on your ability to solve percents by paying attention to the material in the lessons. After completing this chapter, answering exam questions relating to these topics won't be a problem:
- Definition and application of percents
- Solving problems using percents
- Percent increase
- Going from fractions to percents and back
- Finding the whole given a percent
Instructors give you strategies for working with percents in this chapter, preparing you for questions on the exam. After reviewing the lessons, see how much information stuck by using the quizzes. If you need to go back and review a topic, use the video tags located in the timeline of the videos or locate the bold keywords in the text lessons.

1. Percents: Definition, Application & Examples
Maybe you know that 95% is an A and 75% is a C. But what do those percents really mean? In this lesson, we'll learn about percents, including how to convert them to fractions and decimals.

2. Solve Problems Using Percents
Percents are your friend. Think of all the cool things percents do for you. They save you money, and they tell you how well you are doing in school. Learn how you can solve problems with percents in this video lesson.

3. Percent Increase: Definition & Formula
This lesson will examine how to find the percent increase between two values. It will look at finding the percent increase between both numbers and percentages.

4. Converting Fractions to Percents & Back
After watching this video lesson, you will learn how to turn any fraction into a percent and vice versa. You will learn how they are related and how to write your answers properly.

5. How to Find the Whole Given a Percent
Everyday math applications include calculating percentages. In this lesson, we'll use easy-to-understand instructions, practice problems and a quiz to show you how to find the whole when given a percent.
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Other Chapters
Other chapters within the NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II (103): Practice & Study Guide course
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Number Sense & Operations
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Prime & Composite Numbers
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: GCF & LCM
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Place Value & Comparing Numbers
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Rounding
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Operations With Decimals
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Operations With Fractions
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Rational Numbers
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Ratio & Proportion
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Exponents
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Scientific Notation
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Solving Word Problems
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Representing Mathematical Concepts
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Statistics & Data
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Patterns & Algebraic Functions
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Equalities & Inequalities
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Geometry Concepts
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Measurements
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Graphing
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Area, Perimeter & Volume
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Life Sciences
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Plants, Biomes & Genetics
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Physical Science
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Solar System
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Earth Science
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Scientific Inquiry
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: The Arts
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II: Health & Fitness
- NMTA Elementary Education Subtest II Flashcards