Percent Sense
"percent" means
per 100 or out of 100
Express 9% as a decimal
0.09
21 is 15% of what number?
140
8 out of 20 kids chose apples as their favorite fruit. What percentage of kids chose apples as their favorite fruit?
40%
Express as a percent: 8 out of 10 kids LOVE math class
80%
Express 1/5 as a percent
20%
42 is 60% of what number?
70
Mia made 13 of her last 25 three point shots. What percentage of her three point shots did she make?
52%
A hockey team won 60% of the games they played, what percent did they loose?
40%
Express 13/25 as a decimal
0.52
Mr. Beast earns $3,400 every month. She spends 25% of her earnings on rent. How much does she spend on rent?
$850
In a survey we found that 35% of kids wish school had nachos for lunch every day. We found that 28 kids wish school had nachos for lunch every day. How many kids were surveyed?
80 kids
Taylor Swift puts $3 out of every $20 she earns into a vacation fund. What percentage of her money DOES NOT go towards the vacation fund?
85% does not go towards the vacation fund
I rolled a pair of dice many times and got doubles on 7% of the rolls and an even numbers on 52% of the rolls. What percent of the rolls were NOT doubles or even numbers?
41%
88% expressed as a fraction in simplest form.
22/25
Of the 350 people at a concert, 42% of them are adults. How many adults are at the concert?
147 people
A Komodo Dragon can eat food that weighs up to 25% of its body weight. If a Komodo Dragon can eat 43 pounds of food, how much does the Komodo Dragon weigh?
172 lbs
Adam Sandler took a math quiz yesterday. He got 7 questions correct out of the 8 total questions. What percent did he receive on his math test- round to the nearest whole number percent.
88%
Explain TWO ways to turn a fraction into a percent.
1: Get the denominator to be 100
2: Divide the top by the bottom to get a decimal, then multiply by 100 to make a percent.
12.5%
A table costs $450. There is a 20% off sale at the store. What is the sale price for the table?
$360
The paint color "Melon Madness", is 30% yellow paint. Raul used 72 ounces of yellow paint to mix the last batch. How many ounces of Melon Madness did he make in the last batch?
If paint is sold in 50 ounce cans, how many full cans should Raul buy?
240 ounces
5 cans of paint
In a recent survey about recess, 3 kids like to play Gaga, 4 kids like to play soccer, 8 kids like to play football and 5 kids choose to do another activity. How much greater is the percent of kids who like to play football than the percent of kids who like to play Gaga?
25%