Basic Training
Percentages
Rations
Proper Proportions
Boot Camp
100
.42 as a percent
What is 42%
100
This means hundredths
What is percent?
100
Write "four to five" as a ratio
4:5 or 4⁄5
100
Two equal ratios joined by an equal sign
What is a proportion?
100
5⁄9 = x⁄45
What is 25?
200
5.29 as a percent
What is 529%
200
This is an antecedant.
What is the first term in a ratio?
200
Write the ratio as a fraction in lowest terms.
15 to 12
15⁄12 = 5⁄4
200
Product of the means should equal the product of...
What is the extremes?
200
7⁄9 as a decimal
.777777777777
300
.073 as a percent
What is 7%
300
3/4 written as a percent
What is 75%
300
Write the ratio as a fraction in lowest terms.
7 to 9
7⁄9
300
4⁄9 = 7⁄x
x = 15.75
300
8/15 as a decimal
.533333333
400
.136 as a percent
What is 14%
400
100% - 45%
What is 55%
400
Reduce the ratio to lowest terms.
9, 12
3, 4
400
7⁄12 = 21⁄x
x = 36
400
Round off to nearest hundredth
7/8
.88
500
Daniel Patterson planted 30% of an acre in corn and the

rest of the acre in beans. What percent of the acre

was planted in beans?

What is 70%
500
25% of 400
25⁄100 = x⁄400
x = 100
500
Use a ratio to find the cost of 1 apple if 5 apples cost $.50
$.50⁄5 = $.10⁄1 = $.10 each
500
If 4 pounds of meat will serve 10 people, how many pounds will be needed to serve 17 people?
4⁄10 = x⁄17 = 6.8 lb
500
Round to the nearest tenth
9/20
.5
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