Percent Sense
Fraction/Decimal/Percent
Percent of a Quantity
Finding the Whole
Word Problems
100

"percent" means

per 100

100
Express 1/2 as a percent
50%
100
20% of 180
36
100

85% of ______ is 136

160

100
Mrs. Benitez earns $3,400 ever month. She spends 25% of her earnings on rent. How much does she spend on rent?
$850
200

Express as a percent: 8 out of 10 people love chocolate candy from Sweetery.

80%

200
Express 9% as a decimal.
0.09
200
48% of 725
348
200
45% of _______ is 108.
240
200
Of the 800 people at a concert, 42% of them are adults. How many adults are at the concert?
336 adults
300

True or false: 60% or elephants are afraid of mice means exactly 60 elephants are afraid of mice. 

False 

300
Express 320% as a mixed number in simplest form.
3 2/10
300
4% of 200
8
300
20% of _______ is 163
815
300
A table costs $350. There is also a sales tax of 7%. How much will the tax cost?
$24.50
400
If I  rolled the dice 8 times and I  rolled doubles 6 times. Will the percent be higher or lower than 50%

High because 6 is more than half 8. 

400
88% expressed as a fraction in simplest form.
22/25
400
90% of 1,350
1,215
400
35% of ________ is 105
300
400
Howard opens a savings account with a deposit of $800. The bank will pay him 3% interest per year. How much interest will he receive at the end of 2 years?
$48
500

True or False: 22% of 50 is 16.

False, it is 11. 

500

Express 62/120 as a percent rounded to the nearest whole number.

52%

500
150% of 220
330
500
45% of _____ is 150. (Write answer as mixed number)
333 1/3
500

The amount of water in a bottle is reduced by 85% to 120 milliliters. How much water was originally in the bottle?

800 mL

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