Fraction, Decimal, Percent Conversion
Word Problems
% Vocabulary
100

Convert 0.4 to the missing two forms.

40% and 1/25

100

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
Percent means out of ____.

100

200

Convert 21% to the missing two forms.

21/100 and 0.21

200

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%

200

What does per mean?

For each, for every, one, etc.

300

Convert 1/8 to the missing two forms.

0.125 and 12.5%

300

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

300

What is the original price? 

The starting price or regular price of an item.

400

Convert 2/5 to the missing two forms.

0.4 and 40%

400

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.

400

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. 

500

Convert 0.8 to the missing two forms.

2/25 and 80%

500

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

500

True or False: You can use your knowledge of proportions to solve problems involving percents. 

True!

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