Percent - Decimal
8% as a fraction
What is 8/100 = 2/25
50% of 36
What is 18
There are 88 marbles in a bin and 25% of them are red. How many marbles are red?
88 x 0.25 = 22 marbles
10% of 50
What is 5
Taco Bell has 7249 locations in the United States. California has 836 of those 7249 stores. About what percent of Taco Bell's U.S. stores are located in California?
836/7249 is roughly equal to the decimal 0.115 which equals 11.5%.
20% of 70
What is 14
A basketball team takes 26 foul shots during a game and makes 14 of them. What percent is this?
14/26 is equal to about 0.538 which equals 53.8%.
40% as a fraction
What is 40/100= 2/5
30% of 40
What is 12
In a bag of M & M's, about 25% of the candies are blue. In a bag of 550 candies, about how many are blue?
550 x 0.25 = about 138
55% of 32
What is 24
A soccer team has won 7/20 of the soccer matches. What percentage have they lost? (assume no games ended in a tie)
7/20 is equal to the decimal 0.35 which is 35%. They won 35% of their games. To find out the percent that they have lost, subtract 35% from 100% to get 65%