Finding the Percentage
There are 20 pieces of fruit in a bowl and 10 of them are apples. What percentage of the fruit are apples?
50% ($10 ÷ 20 = 0.50$)
What is 10% of 50?
5 (0.10 x 50)
25% of what number is 5?
20 (5 ÷ 0.25)
A shirt originally costs $40. If it is on sale for 10% off, how much money do you save?
$4 (0.10 x 40)
Carlos paid $35 for 7 comic books. What is the price per comic book?
$5 per comic book (35 ÷ 7)
What percentage is 14 out of 20?
70% ($14 ÷ 20 = $0.70)
What is 30% of 90?
27 (0.30 x 90)
Fill in the blank: 25% of _____ is 6.
24 (6 ÷ 0.25)
A store is having a sale and everything is 15% off. If a customer saves $6 on a sweater, what was the original price of the sweater?
$40 (6 ÷ 0.15)
A bagel shop sells 9 bagels in 6 minutes. At this rate, how many bagels would they sell in 14 minutes?
21 bagels (9 ÷ 6 = 1.5 bagels per min THEN 1.5 x 14 = 21)
What percentage is 34 out of 40?
85% ($34 ÷ 40 = $0.85)
Complete the statement: 20% of 60 is ______.
12 (0.20 x 60)
32 is 20% of what number?
160 (32 ÷ 0.20)
A store is having a 20%-off sale on all merchandise. If Megan buys one item and saves $13, what was the original price of her purchase?
$65 (13 ÷ 0.20)
Jesse’s family traveled 213 miles in 3 hours. At this speed, how far will they have traveled in 5 hours?
355 miles (213 ÷ 3 = 71mph THEN 71 x 5 = 355)
There are 45 students in the school band, and 9 of them play the drums. What percentage of the students in the band play the drums?
20% (9 ÷ 45 = 0.20)
Julie earned 75% on her math test. If there were 20 questions on the test, how many questions did she answer correctly?
15 questions (0.75 x 20)
Lin’s family has completed 70% of their road trip. They have traveled 35 miles so far. How far is the total trip?
50 miles (35 ÷ 0.70)
A store is having a 30%-off sale on all merchandise. If Nancy buys one item and saves $18, what was the original price of her purchase?
$60 (18 ÷ 0.30)
Fry’s sells Gatorade for $2.55 each. Safeway sells 4 bottles for $9. Which store has the better deal, and how much less do you pay per bottle?
Safeway is a better deal by $0.30 per bottle (Safeway 9 ÷ 4 = $2.25 per bottle vs Frys: $2.55 per bottle)
There are 28 pieces of fruit in a bowl and 7 of them are apples. What percentage of the pieces of fruit in the bowl are apples?
25% (7 ÷ 28 = 0.25)
Sarah earned 75% on her math test. If there were 44 questions on the test, how many questions did she answer correctly?
33 questions (0.75 x 44)
Jamie has read 35% of a book, which is 98 pages. How many total pages are in the book?
280 pages (98 ÷ 0.35)
A clothing store is having a 25%-off sale on all items. If Maya buys a jacket and saves $18, what was the original price of the jacket?
$72 (18 ÷ 0.25)
A dog runs 20 feet in 8 seconds at a constant speed:
a) 50 feet (20 ÷ 8 = 2.5 feet per second THEN 2.5 x 20 = 50)
b) 6 seconds (15 ÷ 2.5 = 6)