Percents & Models
A circle is divided into 10 equal shaded sections; 3 sections are shaded. What percent of the circle is shaded?
30%
If 25% of a number is 5, what is the whole number?
20
What is 20% of 50?
10
Out of 20 marbles, 5 are red. What percent are red?
25%
Ticket sales: 40% of the 200 tickets were sold before noon. How many tickets were sold before noon?
80 tickets
Write 3/5 as a percent. Show a pictorial or concrete model to explain your work.
60%
If 10% of a class are 3 students, how many students are in the entire class?
30
A bookshelf holds 120 books; 25% are fiction. How many fiction books are there?
30
A student got 18 out of 24 points on a quiz. What percent did the student earn?
75%
If 30% of the students brought lunch and that was 9 students, how many students are in the class?
30 students
A bar model is divided into 8 equal parts; 5 parts are shaded. What percent is shaded?
62.5%
12% of a number is 36. What is the whole number?
300
What is 7.5% of 200?
15
You spent $15 on stationery out of $60 you received. What percent of your money did you spend?
25%
A fundraiser raised $240, which was 20% of its goal. What was the fundraising goal?
1200 dollars
Draw or describe a pictorial model that shows 40% of 20.
8
A jacket sale price is $30 after a 40% discount. What was the original price?
$50
A phone costs $450. Sales tax is 6%. How much tax will you pay? (Round to nearest cent if needed.)
$27.00
28 students out of 35 in a grade returned permission slips. What percent returned them?
80%
A map scale says 1 inch = 50 miles. If you traveled 60% of a 250-mile trip, how many miles did you travel?
150 miles
You have 50 counters. Show (draw or describe) a concrete model where 36% of the counters are blue. How many blue counters are there?
18
A recipe uses 30 grams of sugar, which is 15% of the total mixture. What is the total weight of the mixture?
200 grams
A fruit basket weighs 80 ounces; 37.5% is apples. How many ounces of apples are in the basket?
30 ounces
A store sold 37 out of 120 of its new toy. What percent of the toys were sold? Give your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.
30.8%
A solution is 0.5% salt by volume. If you have 2,400 mL of solution, how many mL are salt?
12 mL