percentage for comparison
- Author:
- Arthur Lee
- Topic:
- Percentages
You may change the labels (boys and girls) to other quantities that you want to discuss.
We are interested in describing A as a percentage of B (of B as a percentage of A).
This comparison is different from using percentage to describe part-whole relation and is generally more challenging. It depends on which quantity is chosen as the reference for comparison and requires understanding of percentages beyond 100%.
Use the percentage ruler to visualise the required percentages by dragging the 100% mark to match one of the quantities.
You can still talk about part-whole relation by showing the 'total'.
You may use the following calculator to show and record your calculation.