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Example 1 (Page 1) - Chapter 1 Class 8 - Fractions in Disguise (Ganita Prakash II)
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Class 8 (Ganita Prakash - 1, 2 & Old NCERT)
Chapter 1 Class 8 - Fractions in Disguise (Ganita Prakash II)
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Percentage - Definition
- Figure it out - Page 3, 4
- Uses of Percentages
- Percentage of Some Quantity
- Finding Percentage Quickly
- Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages
- Percentages Greater than 100
- Figure it out - Page 12, 13, 14
- Comparing Proportions using Percentage
- Percentage Increase or Decrease
- Profit and Loss
- Taxes
- Figure it out - Page 19, 20
- Growth and Compounding
- Figure it out - Page 22, 23, 24
- Depreciation
- Tricky Percentages
- Finding Mistakes in Percentages
- Figure it out - Page 28, 29, 30
Transcript
Example 1 (Page 1) Surya wants to use a deep orange colour to capture the sunset. He mixes some red paint and yellow paint to make this colour. The red paint makes up 3/4 of this mixture. What percentage of the colour is made with red? Can you tell what percentage of the colour was made using yellow? Given that red paint makes up 3/4 of this mixture Percentage of Red To convert fraction into percentage, we multiply by 100% Thus, Percentage of color made with red = 3/4 × 100% = 3 × 25% = 75% Percentage of Yellow Total percentage = 100% And, it contains red and yellow Thus, Percentage of color made with yellow = 100% – Percentage of color made with red = 100 – 75 = 25%
