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Whole
Percentage
Real-World
Part, Whole, or Percentage?
100
Find 40% of 30
12
100
35 is 50% of what number?
70
100
What percentage is 5 of 10?
50%
100

A local Shell station has 8 stations for pumping gasoline. None of the stations, however, have ANY gasoline. What percentage of the pumps have gasoline?

0% of the pumps at Shell have gasoline

100
Find 40% of 50
This asks for the part. The answer is 20
200
Find 50% of 35
35/2 or 17.5
200
16 is 25% of what number?
64
200
What percentage is 40 of 100?
40%
200

David has 20 dogs. He takes 75% of them when he goes hunting. How many dogs does David take with him?

David takes 15 dogs with him hunting.

200
50 is 50% of what number?
This asks for the whole. The answer is 100
300
Find 20% of 64
64/5 or 12.8
300
45 is 20% of what number?
225
300
What percentage is 30 of 80?
37% or 37.5%
300

A cafeteria sells approximately 700 boxes of milk in a given breakfast. This only makes up 20% of the total milk they have in stock. How much milk does the cafeteria have in stock before breakfast?

The cafeteria has 3,500 cartons of milk in stock before breakfast.

300
60 is 30% of what number?
This asks for the whole. The answer is 200
400
Find 100% of 100
100
400
18 is 40% of what number?
45
400
What percentage is 50 of 2500?
2%
400

Mr. Warner's 6th period class normally has 9 people in it. There are 74 students in the seventh grade. What percentage of seventh graders are in Mr. Warner's class during 6th period?

Approximately 12% of seventh grade is in Mr. Warner's class during 6th period.

400
What percent is 40 of 90?
This asks for the percentage. The answer is 44%
500
What process do you use to find the part of a number?
Students supply the answer.
500
Is it possible to use FDP to solve a problem involving finding the whole amount?
If you find a way, let me know :)
500
What process do you use to find the percent between two numbers?
Students supply the answers
500

A local school is sponsoring a can food drive project to feed the hungry. Yesterday, it had 30 cans of food. Today, it has 50 cans of food. By what percent did the amount of food increase?

The amount of food on the bus increased by 66%.

500
There are three pieces that make up every percent problem. What are the three pieces?
Part, Whole, and Percent
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