2. Percentage of a Whole
To determine the percentage of one item within a group of items, the student first calculates how many items there are in total. For example, if students have a bowl of identical candies in different colors, they can count the number of candies to find out how many are in total. That number then represents 100%. Students can then count the number of candies that they wish to use to calculate the percentage and use that as the numerator (top number) in a fraction with the denominator (bottom number) representing the total. Once the fraction is constructed, they can divide it and multiply the answer by 100 to get the percentage.
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