Convert Percents/Fractions/Decimal
Convert the percent into a decimal.
52.5%
.525
The male to female ratio at RPI is 4 to 1. If 2000 men attend the school, how many females attend?
500 females
8 rolls of paper towels cost $8. Find the unit rate
$1 per roll of paper towel
From 100 to 150
50% increase
The name of my wife
Michelle
Convert the percent into a reduced fraction.
42%
21/50
Mixing orange juice and cranberry juice in a ratio of 4 to 3 can make a orange-cranberry juice blend. How much of each juice should you use to make 105 cups of the mixture?
Orange juice = 60 cups
Cranberry juice = 45 cups
If it costs $12 for 3 pounds of turkey, how much would 5 pounds cost?
$20
From 40 to 30
25% decrease
The names of my twins
Jacob & Jordan
Convert the fraction into a percent.
2/5
40%
John paid $42.60 for three t-shirts. How many of 10 of the same shirts cost?
$142
A race cars travels at a constant speed of 15 miles every 6 minutes. How many miles does it go in 60 minutes?
150 miles
The amount of data usage increased from 4 GB last month to 9 GB this month. Find the percent of increase.
125% increase
The town that I live in
Somers
Convert the fraction into a percent
7/5
140%
At lunch there is a choice of pizza or tacos. Three times as many students choose pizza over tacos and all together 180 students ate lunch. How many had tacos?
45 people ate tacos
A recipe calls for 3.5 cups of flour for every 2 cups of sugar. If you make a batch that has 5 cups of sugar, how many cups of flour do you need to use?
8.75 cups of flour
On the first day of a road trip, we drove 600 miles. On the second day, we drove 800 miles. What is the percent increase in the distance traveled from day 1 to day 2?
33.3% increase
The college I attended for undergraduate and graduate degrees
Springfield College
Convert the fraction into a percent
8/12
66.7%
A greyhound can run 64 km per hour. How many minutes will it takes the dog to run 4 km at that rate?
3.75 minutes
Snow is falling at a rate of 2.5 inches per hour. If the snow continues at the same rate, how many inches of snow has fallen after 150 minutes?
6.25 inches
A population of lions decreased by 15% to 136 lions. Find the original population of lions.
160 lions
The number of years I have been teaching
19 years