Converting Percents
How do you write 5/100 as a percent?
5%
What percent of 40 is 16?
40%
10% of 25 is what number?
2.5
6 is 15% of what number?
40
Thirty percent of the students in the sixth grade wore shorts to school. If fifteen students wore shorts, how many students were in sixth grade?
50 sixth grade students
While driving, you go 400 miles in 5 hours. How fast were you driving (in miles per hour)?
80 miles per hour
What is 55% as a decimal?
0.55
35 is what percent of 70?
50%
27
35% of what number is 7?
20
A local shelter had 60 animals waiting for homes. Many pets at the shelter were cats. If 70% of the pets were cats, how many cats were at the shelter?
42 cats
You want to make 10 rows with 600 chairs. How many chairs per row are there?
60 chairs per row
What is 0.07 as a percent?
7%
54 is what percent of 90?
60%
30% of 60 is what number?
18
7 is 35% of what number?
20
30 swimmers were on the team
You eat 8 pieces of cake and consume 600 calories. How many calories are there per piece of cake?
75 calories per piece of cake.
What is 8/32 as a percent?
25%
What percent of 24 is 18?
75%
55% of 20 is what number?
11
120 is 80% of what number?
150
Justin's stamp collection contained 75% foreign stamps. If he had 72 stamps in his collection, how many were foreign?
54 foreign stamps
Mrs. Herrick types 500 words in 20 minutes. Mr. Schultis types 300 words in 16 minutes. Who types faster?
Mrs. Herrick types faster.
What is 0.006 as a percent?
0.6%
What percent of 80 is 28?
35%
35% of 79 is what number?
27.65
20% of what number is 5?
25
Three hundred people attended the carnival on one night. Seventy-five percent of the people purchased food. How many visitors purchased food at the carnival?
225 people purchased food.
At Hornbacher's they are having a sale. You can get 3 bags of Dorito's for $6.99. At Cashwise they are having also having a sale on Dorito's- you can buy 5 bags for $9.99. Which sale is better?
Cashwise has the better sale.