Fractions/Decimals to Percentages
What is 0.12 as a percentage?
12%
What is 8% as a decimal?
0.08
There are 25 girls, 18 boys, and 7 adults on a bus. What percentage of the people on the bus are adults?
14% of the people are adults
What is 35% of $50?
$17.50
What multiplier should you use to increase an amount 40%?
1.4
What is 3.45 as a percentage?
345%
What is 8% as a fraction in simplest form?
2/25
Ben, Ming, and Samy shared $180. Ben received $45, Ming received $63, and Samy received the rest. What percentage of the money did Samy receive?
She received $72 or 40% of the money.
A shirt is 30% off for Black Friday. The regular price is $40. How much is the sale price?
It's on sale for $28
What multiplier should you use to decrease an amount 30%?
0.7
What is 168/861 rounded to the nearest whole percentage
20%
What is 5% as a fraction in simplest form
1/20
Duncan had $800 and spent $480 on a television set . What percentage of his money did he spend on the television set?
He spent 60% of his money on the television set.
There were 24 boys and 20 girls in a chess club last year. This year the number of boys in the club was increased by 25% but the number of girls was decreased by 10%. How many students are in the club this year?
48 students are in the club this year
Sam wants to increase his savings by 30%. He currently has 240 rial in his savings. How much will he have after the increase?
312
What equation would you use to find the percentage of girls in our class?
number of girls/number of students x 100%
You want to get a 90% on a test. The test is out of 60 points. How many points do you need to have?
54 points
The average lion eats 25 pounds of food every 5 days. How many pounds of food does it eat every day?
5 pounds
Amy had $120. She spent 20% of the money on food. How much money did she have left?
She has $96 left.
Julia wants to decrease her screen time by 60%. She currently spends 6 hours a day on her screen.
How much time will she spend after decreasing her screen time by 60%?
2.4 hours = 144 min= 2 hours and 24 min.
When do we move the decimal 2 places to the right? Why are we doing this?
To change a decimal to a percent. We do this because we are multiplying the number by 100.
95% = x/20 A number out of 20 is 95%. What is the number?
19
400 students were asked to choose their favorite games. 26% of them chose baseball, 12% basketball, 10% volleyball, and the rest chose soccer. How many students chose soccer?
208
There were 1500 people at a concert. 55% of them were men, 20% of them were women, and the rest were children. How many children were there?
375 children
Mark wants to decrease his loan by paying off 10% each month for the next 2 months. He currently has 400 rial of debt. How much will he have left to pay off after the two months?
324 rial