Percent of amount
Fractions/Decimals <-> Percentage
Percentage Increase
Percentage Decrease
100

Find 25% of 80

20

100

What is 0.23 as a percentage?

23%

100

Which of the following increases 60 by 25%?

a) 60 X 25

b) 60 x 0.25

c) 60 x 1.25

d) 60 x 0.75

c) 60 x 1.25

100

Which of the following decreases 289 by 35%?

a) 289 X 35

b) 289 x 0.35

c) 289 x 1.35

d) 289 x 0.65


d) 289 x 0.65

200

If there was 400g of chips in a packet and you wanted to eat 20%, what is the weight of chips being eaten?

80g

200

What is 8.62 as a percentage?

862%

200

Increase 650 by 20%

780

200

Decease 2200 by 60%

880

300

If year 8 has 250 students, and 8% of them are absent, how many students are absent?

20

300

What is 74% as a decimal?

0.74

300

Increase $2700 by 3.5%

$2794.50

300

Decrease 20 by 1.5%

19.7

400

You drank 600mL of a 750mL water bottle.  What is the percentage?

80%

400

3/20 as a percentage

15%

400

Georgia earns $1253 per week.  She receives a pay increase of $49 per week.  What is Georgia's pay increase as a percentage of her original pay?

~3.9%

400

The Lind family reduced their electricity bill by $16.20.  If their last bill was $112.35, calculate the percentage decrease on their first bill.

14.4%

500

20 as a percentage of x is 4%

Hint: find x

500

500

Convert 0.5% to a decimal then to a fraction in its simplest form.

0.005 ->5/1000 ->1/200

500

Kim earns $834.72 per week.  Her pay increases to $886.70. What is the percentage increase of her original pay?

6.2%

500

Last year 87,453 attended the Ekka.  This year 79,014 people attended.  What is the drop in attendance as a percentage?

-9.65%