what is ?
What percent?
of what?
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what is 40% of 80

32

100

9 is what percent of 40?

22.5%

100

73% of what is 156.4

214.2

100

15 students in our class have blue tennis shoes. If there are 25 students in our class, what percent of the students have blue tennis shoes?

60%

200

what is 8% of 41?

3.28

200

what percent is 10 out of 50

20%

200

25% of what is 15?

60

200
Carter got 27 out of 30 questions correct on the math test. What percent of the questions did he get INCORRECT?

10%

300

what is 2.5% of 60?

1.5

300

25 is what percent of 37? (round to the nearest tenth)

67.6%

300

30 is 40 percent of what number?

75

300

210 students in our middle school are in 6th grade. If this is 26.25% of total students enrolled in our middle school, how many students are enrolled in our middle school?

800

400

what is 100% of 5,000

5,000

400

what percent of 80 is 70?

87.5%

400

16% of what is 80

500

400
A bag contains 5 red marbles, 3 yellow marbles and 8 blue marbles. What percent of the marbles are red? 

31.25%

500

what is 20% of 20?

4

500

what percent of 40 is 60?

150%

500

700 is 10% of what number?

7000

500

20% of the students in our math class have an A in the class. If there are 50 students in our math class, how many students do not have an A?

40 students

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