If I say a student will make progress with stacking cones with in 2 out of 5 trials how do I turn this into a percent? Or 3 out of 5 trials? 4 out of 5 tirals? 5 out of 5 tirals? how to I figure this out?
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Write 2 out of 5 as a fraction ⅖. Then multiply by 100 to get the percentage: ⅖×100=40% (5 divides into 100 20 times, multiply 20 by 2).

Similarly ⅗=60%, ⅘=80%. 5 out of 5=1=100%. 100% always "all the trials", that is, completeness.

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