Percent of a Number
8% of 50
What is 4?
9 is 12% of this number
(a) Write and (b) solve the proportion
W h a t i s 9/x=12/100?
W h a t i s X=75?
15% of 60
(a) Write and (b) solve an equation
What is x = .15 · 60?
What is x=9?
One ratio or fraction that compares part of a quantity to the whole quantity. The other ratio is the equivalent percent written as a fraction with a denominator of 100.
What is the percent proportion?
3/10 as a percent
What is 30%?
95% of 40
What is 38?
This percent of 60 is 15
(a) Write and (b) solve the proportion
W h a t i s 15/60=p/100?
What is P=25%?
150% of 128
(a) Write and (b) solve the equation
What is x = 1.50 · 128?
What is x = 192?
An equation that describes the relationship between the part, whole, and percent.
What is the percent equation?
0.87 as a percent
What is 87%?
Suppose there are 20 questions on a multiple-choice test. If 25% of the answers are choice B, this many answers are not choice B.
What is 15 answers?
This percent of 50 is 18?
(a) Write and (b) solve the proportion
W h a t i s 18/50=p/100?
W h a t i s P=36%?
5.4% of 65
(a) Write and (b) solve the equation
What is x = .054 · 65?
What is x = 3.51?
You can express the percent as a fraction and then multiply or express the percent as a decimal and then multiply.
What is how to determine the percent of a number?
127% as a decimal
What is 1.27?
5.5% of 60
What is 3.3?
12% of 72
(a) Write and (b) solve the proportion
W h a t is x/72=12/100?
W h a t is x=8.64?
23.5% of 128
(a) Write and (b) solve the equation
What is x = .235 · 128?
What is x = 30.08?
6.34 as a percent
What is 634%?
The United States has 12,383 miles of coastline. If 0.8% of the coastline is located in Georgia, this many miles of coastline are in Georgia.
What is 99.064 miles?
In a survey, 32% of people chose apples as their favorite fruit. If 56 people chose apples, this many people were in the survey.
W h a t i s 56/x=32/100?
What is 175 people?
At Rosedale Middle School, 11.25% of the students get a ride from a family member. There are 1,440 students in the school. How many students get a ride from a family member?
(a) Write and (b) solve the equation
What is .1125 · x = 1,440?
What is 162 students?
p/w=%/100
What is the percent proportion?
34/25 as a percent
What is 136%?