Part
Whole
Percentage
Real-World
Part, Whole, or Percentage?
100

What is 40% of 30

12

100
35 is 50% of what number?
70
100
What percentage is 5 of 10?
50%
100

A local Valero 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 Valero have gasoline

100
Find 40% of 50
This asks for the part. The answer is 20
200

What is 50% of 30

15

200
16 is 25% of what number?
64
200
What percentage is 40 of 100?
40%
200

Jim has 20 dogs. He takes 75% of them when he goes snow sledding. How many dogs does Jim-Bob take with him?

Jim takes 15 dogs with him sledding.

200
50 is 50% of what number?
This asks for the whole. The answer is 100
300

What is 20% of 60

12

300
45 is 20% of what number?
225
300

What percentage is 32 of 80?

40%

300

A cafeteria sells approximately 70 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 350 cartons of milk in stock before breakfast.

300

A t-shirt that usually costs $35.00 is on sale for 20% off. How much will you save?

you will save $7.00

400

What is 80% of 300

240

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 is 12% of 260

39

500

60 is 80% of what number

75

500

What percentage is 32 of 40

80%
500

A local school is doing a "Stuff the Bus" project for feeding the hungry. Yesterday, it had 30 cans of food and 70 boxes of cereal. What percentage of the total donations was cans of food?

30%

500
There are three pieces that make up every percent problem. What are the three pieces?
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