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Fraction/Dec/%
100

What is 75% of 162


What is 121.5



100

A restaurant has a sign by the front door that says, “Maximum occupancy: 75 people.” What percentage of its capacity is 9 people?

What is 12%

100

Ricky read 25% of the 8 books he checked out of the library this month.  How many books did he read?

2 books

100

150% of 50

75

100

10% as a decimal

.1
200

16 is 20% of what number?

What is 80

200

A restaurant has a sign by the front door that says, “Maximum occupancy: 75 people.” What percentage of its capacity is 51 people?

What is 68%

200

91% of 25 students chose volleyball as their favorite winter sport in gym.  How many students choose volleyball as their favorite winter sport? Round to the nearest person.

23 students

200

20% of 30

6

200

150% as a decimal

1.5

300

How long is 50% of 60 minutes?

What is 30

300

A restaurant has a sign by the front door that says, “Maximum occupancy: 75 people.” What percentage of its capacity is 84 people?

What is 112%

300

You were taking a test, you got 88% of the test questions right. There were 125 problems on the test. How many questions did you get right?

110 problems

300

25% of 40

10

300

.1% as a fraction

1/1000
400

what is 70% of 800

what is 560

400

During a sale, every item in a store is 80% of its regular price. 

If the regular price of a T-shirt is $10, what is its sale price?

What is $8

400

Lauren bought a ring for $95 and sold it for 160% of the price that she paid for it. How much money did Lauren sell the ring for?

$152

400

40% of 60

24

400


8% as a fraction and decimal?

8/100, .08
500

What is 50% of 54 

27

500

Jazzy was counting the different number of colored jellybeans in her bag of jellybeans. She knows that 20% of her bag is red jellybeans. If she knows that there are 10 red jellybeans in her bag, what is the TOTAL number of jellybeans in her bag?

50 jellybeans total

500

60 students were asked to complete a survey by Friday.  15% of the students completed it by Friday. How many students have NOT completed it?

51 students have NOT completed it. 

(because 9 students completed it)

500

250% of 30

75

500

350% as a fraction

350/100
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