It is asking you to use what you know about fractions to find the percentage of the shape that is shaded.
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What percentage of the shape is shaded?
- Read the question and then read it again. What is it asking you to do?
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- What fraction of the shape is shaded?
Can the fraction be simplified?
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There are 12 equal sections in total, so the denominator is 12. Three are shaded, so the numerator is three. So 3 out of 12 sections are shaded or 
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- Remember that fractions with 10 or 100 as the denominator are easier to write as decimals and percentages.
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1 × 25 = 25
4 × 25 = 100
- Remember that percent (%) means per 100, or out of a hundred.
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= 25%
- What is your answer? Check your working.
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25%