{"id":4745,"date":"2026-01-16T17:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/adultnumeracycenter\/?page_id=4745"},"modified":"2026-01-16T17:30:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:30:01","slug":"some-answers-and-explanations-of-10","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/adultnumeracycenter\/resources-for-teacher-growth-and-support\/learn-about-percents\/exploring-10\/some-answers-and-explanations-of-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Answers and Explanations of 10%"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Here are the answers for numbers 8-11. You can check these on the model below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"8\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">10% of 100 is 10.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">15 is 10% is of 150.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">10% of 50 is 5.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">20 is 10% of 200.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<center>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desmos.com\/calculator\/yfqa5uldax?embed\" width=\"780px\" height=\"300px\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc\" frameborder=0><\/iframe>\n\n<\/center>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">To find out what fraction 10% is, try counting by 10% until you get to 100%. It works just like counting by tens. Keep track on your fingers as you count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">10% &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 20% &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 30% &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 40% &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 50% &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 60% &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 70% &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 80% &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 90% &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 100%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">How many did it take to make 100%?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Since it took 10 groups of 10% to make 100%, that means that<strong>&nbsp;10% is equivalent to 1\/10<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">You can find 10% of a number by dividing it by 10.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the answers for numbers 8-11. You can check these on the model below.<\/p>\n<p>10% of 100 is 10.<\/p>\n<p>15 is 10% is of 150.<\/p>\n<p>10% of 50 is 5.<\/p>\n<p>20 is 10% of 200.<\/p>\n<p>To find out what fraction 10% is, try counting by 10% until you get to 100%. It works just like counting by tens. Keep track on your fingers as you count.<\/p>\n<p>10% &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 20% &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 30% &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/adultnumeracycenter\/resources-for-teacher-growth-and-support\/learn-about-percents\/exploring-10\/some-answers-and-explanations-of-10\/\">&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"parent":4496,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"720,1582,1656,2359,2371,2934","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4745","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/adultnumeracycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/adultnumeracycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/adultnumeracycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/adultnumeracycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/adultnumeracycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4745"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/adultnumeracycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4806,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/adultnumeracycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4745\/revisions\/4806"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/adultnumeracycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/adultnumeracycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}