Proportions
Writing Percents
Percent of a Number
Percent Proportions
Percent Proportions
100
There are 16 ounces in a pound. How many pounds would a 136 ounce container be?
8.5 pounds
100
Write 0.6 as a percent.
60%
100
What is 50% of 30?
15
100
Eddie is reading a novel for English class. He has read 173 out of 480 pages. About what percent of the book has he read?
36%
100
A student got 14 out of 20 questions correct. What percent did she get correct?
70%
200
The scale on a map is 2 cm = 50 miles. Dave measured the distance to the next town at 7 cm. How many miles away is the next town?
175 miles
200
Write 3/20 as a percent.
15%
200
What is 10% of 90?
9
200
At the mall, there are 20 different places to get food. Twenty percent of them are pizza places. How many pizza places are in the mall?
4 pizza places
200
On an average Saturday, 45% of tickets sold are adult tickets. If there were 460 tickets sold on Saturday, how many were sold to adults?
207 tickets
300
The scale on a map is 2 cm = 50 miles. Joe drove 2325 miles. How many cm would this be on the map?
93 cm
300
Write 5% as a decimal.
0.05
300
What is 20% of 85?
17
300
The campus demographics of a small college include 1404 male students. This represents 54% of the student body. How many students are enrolled?
2600 students
300
There are 15 girls in a class and 35 boys. What percent of the class are girls?
30%
400
A 18,000-gallon pool is being filled at a rate of 50 gallons per minute. At this rate, how many minutes will it take to fill this pool full?
360 minutes
400
Write 60% as a fraction and decimal.
3/5 and 0.6
400
What is 25% of 180?
45
400
Joey has 8 pairs of pants in his closet. 5 of them are jeans. What percent of non-jeans does Joey have?
37.5%
400
The 7th grade has 19 girls for every 81 boys. If 7th grade has 750 students, approximately how many are girls?
~ 143 girls
500
A 18,000-gallon pool is being filled at a rate of 50 gallons per minute. At this rate, how many minutes will it take to fill this pool 1/4 full?
90 minutes
500
Write 25% as a fraction and decimal.
1/4 and 0.25
500
What is 150% of 50?
75
500
Sam has determined to donate 10% of his summer job earnings. If he donates $152, how much did he earn this summer?
$1520
500
A sale is running where you can get $75 worth of books for only $60. What percent are you saving?
20% off
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