Percents
Percents, Fractions, and Decimals
Percent of a Quantity
Whole From a Percent
Problem Solving
100
What is the percent as a ratio.


97%

97/100
100
What is the percent as a fraction or mixed number.


1.5%

1 and 1/2
100
What is 4% of 50
20
100
16 is 40% of _______
40
100
On Saturday, a souvenir shop had 125 customers.  Sixty-four percent of the customers paid with a credit card.  The other customers paid with cash.  How many customers paid with cash?
45 customers
200
What is the simplified percent as a ratio


24%

6/25
200
What is the percent as a decimal.


90%

0.9
200
What is 160% of 30
48
200
5 is 10% of ______
50
200
A carpenter has a wooden stick that is 84 centimeters long.  She cuts off 25% from the end of the stick.  Then she cuts the remaining stick into 6 equal pieces.  What is the length of each piece?
10.5 centimeters long
300
What is the simplified percent as a ratio?


50%

1/2
300
What is the decimal as a percent?


0.303

30.3%
300
What is 0.5% of 12
0.06
300
19 is 95% of ______
20
300
Mike has $136 to spend at the amusement park.  He spends 25% of that money on his ticket into the park.  How much does Mike have left to spend?
$102
400
What is the ratio as a percent?


34/100

34%
400
An online bookstore sells 0.8% or its books to foreign customers.  What SIMPLIFIED fraction of the books are sold to foreign customers?
0.2/25
400
The recommended daily amount of vitamin C for children 9 to 13 years old is 45mg.  A serving of a juice drink contains 60% of the recommended amount.  How much vitamin C does the juice drink contain?
27mg
400
Michaela is hiking on a weekend camping trip.  She has walked 6 miles so far.  This is 30% of the total distance.  What is the total number of miles she will walk?
20 miles
400
The utilities bill for the Millers' home in April was $132.  Forty-two percent of the bill was for gas, and the rest was for electricity.  How much did the Millers pay for electricity?
$76.56
500
What is the ratio as a percent?


3/4

75%
500
A bag contains red and blue marbles.  Given that 17/20 of the marbles are red, what PERCENT of the marbles are blue?
15%
500
During a 60-minute television program, 25% of the time is used for commercials and 5% of the time is used for the opening and closing credits.  How many minutes remain for the program itself?
42 minutes
500
A customer placed an order with a bakery for cupcakes.  The baker has completed 37.5% of the order after baking 81 cupcakes.  How many cupcakes did the customer order?
216 cupcakes
500

A car dealership has 240 cars in the parking lot and 17.5% of them are red. Of the other 6 colors in the lot, each color has the same number of cars. If one of the colors is black, how many black cars are in the lot?

7 black cars