Real math help.
How Do You Estimate a Percent?
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When something is on sale, it's good to know how much you're saving! This tutorial shows you how to estimate a percent using an original price and a coupon!
Background Tutorials
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Ratio Definitions
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What's a Ratio?
Ratios are everywhere! The scale on a map or blueprint is a ratio. Ingredients sometimes need to be mixed using ratios such as the ratio of water to cement mix when making cement. Watch this tutorial to learn about ratios. Then think of some ratios you've encountered before!
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Percent Basics
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What's a Percent?
Sales tax, tips at restaurants, grades on tests... no matter what you do, you can't run away from percents. So watch this tutorial and see once and for all what percents are all about!
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Dividing Integers
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What is Division?
Division is a stepping stone of math! In this tutorial, you'll see how cookies can help you find the answer to division problems!
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Finding Equivalent Fractions
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What are Equivalent Fractions?
Finding equivalent fractions is an important part of things like adding, subtracting, and comparing fractions. But what are they? In this tutorial, you'll learn that equivalent fractions are just fractions that have the same value, even though they may look very different! Take a look at equivalent fractions by watching this tutorial!
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Percents
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How Do You Figure Out a Percent From a Part to Whole Ratio?
If you want to find a percent in a word problem, you may be able to use a ratio to help you! This tutorial shows you how to do exactly that!
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Further Exploration
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Estimating Percents
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How Do You Use Compatible Numbers to Estimate a Part of a Whole?
If you're trying to find the percent of a number, it may be helpful to use compatible numbers to find an estimated answer. Follow along with this tutorial to see how to use compatible numbers to estimate the percent of a number!
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