Percent as a Fraction/Decimals
% of What Number
Finding a Percent of a Number
What %
Groundhog Day
100

Write 25% as a fraction.

25/100 or 1/4

100

12 is 30% of what number?

40

100

Find 10% of 50.

5

100

What percent is 10 of 50?

20%

100

On what date is Groundhog Day celebrated each year?

February 2

200

Write 7% as a decimal.

.07

200

18 is 25% of what number?

72

200

Find 30% of 40.

12

200

What percent is 12 of 60?

20%

200

What is the name of the famous groundhog that predicts the weather each year?

Punxsutawney Phil

300

Write 12.5% as a fraction.

12.5/100 or 1/8

300

45 is 75% of what number?

60

300

Find 75% of 80.

60

300

What percent is 18 of 24?

75%

300

According to tradition, what does it mean if the groundhog does NOT see its shadow?

An early spring is coming

400

Write 45% as a decimal.

.45

400

A student earned 24 points, which is 60% of the total possible points.
What was the total number of points on the assignment?

40

400

A student scored 80 points on a test. What is 25% of the score?

20

400

A student answered 15 out of 20 questions correctly.
What percent of the questions did the student answer correctly?

75%

400

In which U.S. state does the famous Groundhog Day celebration take place?

Pennsylvania

500

Write 125% as a decimal.

1.25

500

A class read 36 pages, which was 45% of the book.
How many pages are in the book?

80

500

A library has 200 books. If 15% are checked out, how many books are checked out?

30

500

A class has 28 students. If 7 students are absent, what percent of the class is absent?

25%

500

How many more weeks of winter are predicted if the groundhog sees its shadow?  

Six weeks

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