Percent
Part
Whole
Vocabulary
Fraction, Decimal, or Percent
100

Find the percent.  14/35

40%

100

What is 40% of 125?

50

100

30% of the students in Miss Bortz's class like Sour Patch Kids.  If 6 kids like Sour Patch kids, what is the total number of students in Miss Bortz's class?

20 students

100

Percent is out of ....

100

100

What is 1/4 as a decimal?

.25

200

60 kids tried out for the basketball team.  Only 15 made the team.  What percent of kids made the basketball team?

25%

200

If 32% of the customers bought Takis at the grocery store yesterday, how many people bought Takis if 225 total people visited the store?

72 people bought Takis

200

There are 18 girls in a class. If this is 40% of the class list, then how many students are in the class?

45 students in the class

200

The number on the top of a fraction

Numerator

200
What is .6 as a percent?

60%

300

65 out of 125 students attended the school dance.  What percent of students attended the school dance?

52%

300

If we spend 30% of our day sleeping out of a 24 hour day.  How many hours do we spend sleeping?

7.2 hours of sleep 

300

At the aquarium, there are 8 dolphins.  This is 16% of the animals at the aquarium.  How many total animals does the aquarium have? 

50 total animals 

300

The number on the bottom of the fraction

Denominator
300

What is 20% as a fraction in lowest terms?

1/5

400

There are 8 apples, 10 oranges, and 6 peaches.  What percent of the fruit is peaches?

25%

400

When finding the part, your x (the variable - number you don't know) should go on the _____ of the fraction.

Top

400

When finding the whole or total, your x (the variable - number you don't know) should go on the _____ of the fraction.

Bottom 

400

When you write a fraction, the numerator is the _____ and the denominator is the _____

part, total

400

What is .625 as a percent rounded to the nearest whole number?

63%

500

12 kids in the class packed a lunch.  There are 25 kids in the class.  What percent of the kids bought a school lunch?

52%

500

Out of 150 kids, 60% joined the school's summer camp.  How many kids joined summer camp?  How many did not join summer camp?

90 joined, 60 did not join 

500

30% of the class forgot to do their homework.  If 12 kids forgot to do their homework, how many total students are in the class?  How many students did their homework?

40 total students, 28 did their homework 

500

Equivalent Fractions are 

Equal

500

4 out of 5 parts are shaded.  What is the fraction, decimal, and percent for the shaded parts?

4/5, .8, 80%

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