Using the 1%
A school collected $4,800 for a fundraiser. They collected 4% on Friday. How much money was collected on Friday?
192
A school has 1,000 laptops. 50 are broken. What percent are broken?
5%
A cyclist travels 18 miles in 1.5 hours. What is their speed in miles per hour?
12
A dog food bag weighs 7 kilograms. About how many pounds is that? (1 kg ≈ 2.2 lb)
15.4 pounds
30% of a number is 24. What is the number?
80
A track is 1,600 meters long. A runner has completed 9% of the track. How many meters has the runner completed?
144 meters
A bus holds 60 people. 3 people use a wheelchair space. What percent of the seats does that represent?
5%
A car drives 210 miles in 3.5 hours. What is the car’s speed?
60mph
A student’s backpack weighs 18 pounds. About how many kilograms? (1 lb ≈ 0.45 kg)
8.1kg
8% of a price is $12. What is the total price?
$150
A town population is 42,000. About 12% are senior citizens. How many seniors live in the town?
5040 seniors
A choir has 180 students. 72 are altos. What percent are altos?
40%
A runner travels 1.2 miles in 12 minutes. What is the speed in miles per minute?
.1 miles per minute
A newborn weighs 3.2 kilograms. About how many pounds?
7.04 pounds
45% of a book is 90 pages. How many pages are in the book?
200 pages
A company produced 25,000 phones this month. 3% were defective. About how many phones were defective?
750 phones
A zoo has 2,400 animals and 30 are endangered species. What percent are endangered?
1.25%
A swimmer completes 15 laps in 12 minutes. How many minutes per lap is that?
.8 minutes per lap
A shipment weighs 240 pounds. About how many kilograms?
108kg
40% of a race is 10.4 miles. How long is the race?
26 miles
A marathon is 26.2 miles long. A runner completes 78% of it. How far did they run?
20.436 miles
A store sold 600 shirts. 125 were returned. What percent were returned?
20.83%
A train travels 275 miles in 3 hours 40 minutes. What is the train’s speed in miles per hour?
75 mph
A suitcase weighs 13.5 kilograms. About how many pounds?
29.7 lbs
75% of a jar of ducks is 360 ducks. How many ducks are in the jar?
480 ducks