Conversion Corner
A recipe calls for 40 pints of milk. How many quarts is this?
20 quarts
8 out of 10 students finished their homework. What percent is this?
80%
50% of a number is 20. What is the number?
40
A 10-ounce bag of chips costs $3.00. What is the price per ounce?
$0.30
Set up a proportion to find 15% of 80.
15/100=x/80
A small dog weighs 8,500 grams. What is its weight in kilograms?
A shirt originally costs $40 but is on sale for 25% off. How much is the discount?
$10
20% of the people at a party prefer pizza. If 12 people prefer pizza, how many total people are there?
60
Which is better: 5 apples for $2.00 or 8 apples for $3.12?
5 for $2.00
A graph shows a line passing through (2, 60). How many units per 1 minute is this?
30 units/min
If a car travels 120 miles in 2 hours, what is its speed in feet per hour?
633,600 ft./hr.
In a class of 25 students, 15 are girls. What percent of the class are boys?
40%
75% of the seats in a theater are filled. If 150 seats are filled, what is the total capacity?
200
Brand X is 12 oz for $4.80. Brand Y is 16 oz for $6.24. Which is the better deal?
Brand Y
A drawer has 12 black socks and 4 blue socks. Write a proportion to find the percent of blue socks.
p/100=4/16
A container holds 12 gallons of water. How many pints are in the container?
96 pints
A bag of marbles has 13 red and 7 blue marbles. What percent are blue?
35%
15% of a shipment of apples arrived bruised. If 45 apples were bruised, how many were in the shipment?
300
A 5-pound bag of sugar costs $2.45. What is the unit rate per pound?
$0.49
On a coordinate plane, Line A represents 40 words/min and Line B represents 25 words/min. What is the difference in words typed after 5 minutes?
75 words
A track is 400 meters long. If an athlete runs 5 kilometers, how many laps did they complete?
12.5 laps
Maggie read 50 books; 32 were mystery novels. What percent were NOT mystery novels?
36%
A survey shows 65% of citizens like the new park. If 273 people like the park, how many were surveyed?
420
If 3 gallons of gas cost $10.35, how much would 12 gallons cost at the same rate?
$41.40
A pair of shoes costs $60 at Store A. Store B sells them for 30% more. How much more do they cost at Store B?
$18