Unit 4 · Standard 6.AT.4
🔑 Estimate the Percent of a Number — Vocab Explorer
① Word Wall
Look at the picture, read the meaning, and tap 🔊 to hear each word.
ES estimación
A reasoned answer that is close enough to be useful, found without exact computation.
Una respuesta razonada, lo bastante cercana para ser útil, sin cálculo exacto.
ES porcentaje de referencia
A friendly percent — 1%, 10%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100% — used as a landmark for estimating.
Un porcentaje amigable — 1%, 10%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100% — que sirve de punto de referencia.
ES números compatibles
Numbers close to the originals that are easy to compute with mentally.
Números cercanos a los originales con los que es fácil calcular mentalmente.
ES recta numérica doble
Two parallel number lines that pair amounts with their percents at the same positions.
Dos rectas paralelas que emparejan cantidades con sus porcentajes en las mismas posiciones.
ES el todo
The quantity that counts as 100% in a problem — and it can change between questions.
La cantidad que representa el 100% en un problema, y puede cambiar entre preguntas.
ES Descomponer
Break a percent into friendly pieces that are easy to find.
Separar un porcentaje en partes fáciles de calcular.
② Match it
Tap a word, then tap its meaning.
③ Fill in the blank
Use the word bank to finish each sentence.
- 1A reasoned answer close enough to be useful is an .
- 2A friendly percent used as a landmark, like 10% or 25%, is a .
- 3Numbers close to the originals that are easy to compute with are .
- 4Two parallel lines pairing amounts with their percents form a .
- 5The quantity that counts as 100% in a problem is .
- 6Breaking 15% into 10% plus 5% is called the percent.
④ Use it in a sentence
Pick one word and finish the sentence in your own words.
A is .