What Type of % Problem?
Finding the %, Part, or Whole
Finding the %, Part, or Whole
15 out of 100 students bring lunch from home. What percent is that?
Finding the Percent
What is 10 out of 100 as a percent?
10%
What is 10% of 50?
5
10 is 50% of what number?
20
A recipe uses 2 cups of flour for every 3 cups of sugar. What is the ratio of sugar to flour?
3 : 2
There are 20 students in a class. Five students wear glasses. What percent of the class wears glasses?
Finding the Percent
A student answers 10 out of 25 questions correctly. What percent did they answer correctly?
40%
There are 80 students in a grade. If 25% wear glasses, how many students wear glasses?
20 students
12 students represent 30% of a class. How many students are in the class?
40 students
Riddle: The more you take away from me, the bigger I get. What am I?
A hole
A $40 jacket is on sale for 25% off. How much money is taken off the original price?
Finding the part
A video game costs $60. It is on sale for $15 off. What percent discount is this?
25%
A hoodie costs $40. It is on sale for 30% off. How much money will you save?
$12
A pair of sneakers costs $36 after a 10% discount. What was the original price?
$40
A recipe requires 4 cups of water for every 6 cups of rice. How many cups of water are needed for 18 cups of rice?
12 cups of water
A school has a total of 240 students. If 35% participate in after-school clubs, how many students participate?
Finding the part
A basketball team won 21 out of 28 games. What percent of its games did it win?
75%
A student earns $120 babysitting and saves 35% of the money. How much do they save?
$42
A student completed 42 problems, which was 70% of the assignment. How many problems were assigned?
60 problems
A car travels 150 miles in 3 hours at a constant speed. What is its unit rate in miles per hour?
50 miles per hour
After a 20% discount, a pair of shoes costs $64. What was the original price?
Finding the whole/total
A school has 240 students. Of these, 84 take the bus. What percent of students take the bus?
35%
A school collected 360 cans for a food drive. If 45% were collected by sixth graders, how many cans did sixth graders collect?
162 cans
After spending 25% of her money, Maya has $90 left. How much money did she have originally?
$120
Riddle: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter M