Convert fractions or percents to decimals
Find percentages of whole numbers
Find tip and sales tax of a purchase
Percent word problems
Percent or decimal
100
Convert 1/2 to a decimal.
What is 0.50
100
This is what you get when you find 1% of 100.
What is 1
100
What is the total including tip of a meal that costs $13. You pay a 20% tip.
$15.60
100

40% of students at Landry want to move out of New Orleans when they grow up. If there are 500 students at Landry, how many want to leave New Orleans?

200

100

7/350 as a percent.

what is 2%

200

How do you convert a percent to a decimal?

What is move the decimal to the left two places or divide by 100.

200
300% of 12
What is 36?
200
Find the cost including tax for a snack that costs $2.45. The tax rate is 8.5%. Round to the nearest cent.
$2.66
200
Ms. Owens is in debt. Last month her debt was $1,000. This month her debt is 167% of that. What is her debt this month in dollars?
$1,670
200

9 7/8 as a percent

What is 987.5%

300
Convert 23% to a decimal.
What is 0.23
300

the number of students that graduate from high school out of every 20 students if 60% of students in Louisiana graduate.

What are 12 students?

300
Mr. McMorris bought a new iPad for $950.13. Tax on the iPad is 11%. What is the cost with tax?
$1,054.50
300

0.5% of all statistics are true. If you have a list of 1,400 statistics. How many are true?

7 statistics are true

300

1 4/5 as a percent.

what is 180%

400
Convert 8.5% to a decimal.
What is 0.085
400
Mr. Gleghorn's cell phone bill was $50 last month. This month Verizon raised his bill. The new bill is 132% of last month's. This is the cost of the new bill.
What is $66
400

D'Jonique goes out to eat at New Orleans Burger Company and gets a burger, fries, and milk shake for 13.27. She tips 15% and tax is 8.5%. Name the amount of the tax AND the amount of the tip. Do not list the total amount.

Tip is $1.99, tax is $1.13.

400

A store paid $75.29 for a couch. To make a profit, the store charged 270% of the cost. What is the price tag the store puts on the couch?

$203.28

400

16.7% as a decimal

What is 0.167

500
Convert 0.5% to a decimal.
What is 0.005
500
The candy lady paid $0.75 for each pack of Now and Later. She made a profit by charging 125% of what she paid. This is how much she charged for each pack of Now and Later.
What is $0.94
500

Benjamin Bannaker, the famous mathemetician, went out to a fancy dinner. The dinner cost $89.67. He tipped the waiter 20% and tax was 5%. What was the total including tip and tax?

$115.41

500

Josh flips a quarter 20 times. It falls on tails 30% of the time. How many times does it fall on heads?

14 heads

500

53  1/2% as a decimal

 what is 0.535

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