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 VIs love Dumpling Day at Brearley.
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. If false provide a counterexample.
False - examples vary.
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

I rolled a pair of dice many times and got snake eyes on 7% of the rolls and box cars on 8% of the rolls. What percent of the rolls were NOT snake eyes or box cars?

85%

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

The Royals softball team played 75 games and won 55 of them. What percent of the games did they lose? (round to the nearest tenth)

26.7%

500

To find 10% of a number quickly, you can do this:

move the decimal one place to the left OR divide by 10.

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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