The Percent of a Number
10% of 80
What is 8
75% of what number is 48?
What is 64
Percent
What is a number out of 100
At a middle school, 20% of the students are in 6th grade. There are 1,300 students at the middle school. How many students are in 6th grade?
What is 260 Students
Students sold $5,970 worth of magazine subscriptions for their school. The school receives 20% of the total subscriptions sold. About how much money will the school receive from the subscriptions sold?
What is $1,200
50% of 24 is
What is 12
120% of what number is 72?
What is 60
Ratio
What is a comparison between two numbers
At a middle school, 14 out of 20 students were in class Monday. What percentage of students were in class?
What is 70%
A survey showed that 20% of the 600 students at a school chose the beach as their favorite place to vacation. How many students chose the beach as their favorite?
What is 120 students.
5% of 40
What is 2
10% of what number is 14?
What is 140.
Whole
What is where the numerator and denominator are the same. In a percentage, the whole is 100%.
Last weekend, 75% of the people who attended a movie purchased popcorn. If 300 people purchased popcorn, how many people attended the movie?
What is 400 people.
Miguel took 32 comic books to his friends house. This is 40% of his total collection of comic books. How many total comic books does Miguel have in his collection?
What is 80 books.
19% of 50 is
What is 9.5
25% of what number is 21?
What is 84.
Equivalent Ratios
What are ratios that are the same (equal)
At a school, 5% of the sixth-grade students are in the drama club. There are 12 sixth-grade students in the drama club. How many sixth-grade students attend the school?
What is 240 students.
In Mrs.Carters homeroom, 25% of students are going to the dance. If 6 of Mrs.Carters students are going to the dance, how many students are in Mrs.Carters homeroom?
What is 24 students.
38% of 8,000 is
What is 30,400
175% of what number is 42?
What is 24.
Unit Rate
Ratio in which the denominator is 1. Usually seen with the word PER.
The sale price for a sweater was $21. The sweater was 40% off. What was the original price of the sweater?
What is $35