Fraction, Decimal, Percent Conversion
Convert 0.4 to the missing two forms.
40% and 1/25
A pet shelter has 96 dogs available for adoption. This represents 40% of the animals at the shelter. How many total animals are at the shelter?
240 animals.
100
Convert 21% to the missing two forms.
21/100 and 0.21
A community garden is divided into different plants show below.
Tomatoes - 45 square feet
Peppers - 30 square feet
Lettuce - 75 square feet
What percentage of the garden grows tomatoes?
30%
What does per mean?
For each, for every, one, etc.
Convert 1/8 to the missing two forms.
0.125 and 12.5%
A middle school surveyed students about their favorite elective. Below are the results.
Art - 28%
Music - 34%
Theater - 18%
Technology - 20%
If 500 students were surveyed, how many students chose art?
140 students
What is the original price?
The starting price or regular price of an item.
Convert 2/5 to the missing two forms.
0.4 and 40%
The school librarian reports that there are 360 fiction books in the library. This represents 45% of the total books in the library. How many total books are in the library?
800 books.
What is a ratio?
A comparison of two numbers/quantities. This is most commonly written as a fraction, but it can also be written in word form or with a colon.
Convert 0.8 to the missing two forms.
2/25 and 80%
If there were a total of 640 tickets sold for the school play, based on the information below, how many more adult tickets were sold than senior?
224 more adult tickets than senior tickets
True or False: You can use your knowledge of proportions to solve problems involving percents.
True!