How to Solve
What type of ratio (fraction) do you need to find for percent?
Part to Whole OR Part-Part Whole
What is the unit rate of 13 dollars for 4 books?
$3.25/1 book
Find the percent of this ratio:
13/50
26%
What is an equivalent ratio to 1/2?
varies
What number is ALWAYS used for "unit rate"?
1
What is the unit rate of 7 inches of snow in 6 hours?
1.16 inches/1 hour
How many decimal place values do you need when you write a percent?
two (tenths and hundredths)
At school we have PE every 2 days and Theatre every 3 days. What is the ratio of PE to Theatre days?
2:3, 2 to 3, 2/3
What operation/action do you use when finding a "lower term"?
divide
What is the unit rate of 8 pencils for 14 dollars?
0.57 pencils/$1
What percent of students like sour candy the best?
Chocolate 10
Hard Candy 1
Cotton Candy 2
Gummies 6
Sour 19
Other 8
Total 47
19/47 = 40%
What is 6/18 in its simplest form?
1/3
What operation/action do you use when finding a "higher term"?
multiply
Mrs. Kenol ran 219 miles in 3 days. What is the unit rate?
73 miles/1 day
What percent of students would choose invisibility as their super power?
Super Speed 4
Flight 4
Invisibility 5
All 7
Other 28
Total 48
5/48 = 10%
If I save $2 for every $6, how much will I save after I make $120?
Lauren is traveling by boat. She has traveled 280 miles in 4 hours. At this rate, her trip will take 8 hours. How many miles will she travel in all?
560 miles
What are the 3 steps to find a percent?
Step 1: make a fraction (part part whole ratio)
Step 2: divide
Step 3: change into a percent
Coach Gamble ran 134 sprints in 2 days. Find the unit rate.
67 sprints/1 day
What percent of students in our class are girls?
Miss B knows the answer :)
Write this ratio in lowest terms:
84/72
7/6
On the map, the scale is 3 cm to 225 km. On the map, two cities are 7cm apart. What is the real life distance they are?
525 km