Posted: May 24th, 2016

Find at least two examples of percentages in recent news reports.

Find at least two examples of percentages in recent news reports. You may be surprised to find few percentages in the local newspaper. Try financial sources such as the Wall Street Journal and scientific or technical sources such as Scientific American or Popular Science. Share the examples and an explanation of your perspective of percentage given and how they provide detail to the story. Compare each other s examples and discuss how math can be useful to interpret results.