Percent of a Quantity
60% of 90
54
What is 2% as a decimal?
.02
54 is 75% of _______________________
72
A geologist visits 40 volcanoes in Alaska and Hawaii. 15% of the volcanoes are in Hawaii. How many volcanoes does the geologist visit in Hawaii and how many in Alaska?
The geologist visited 6 volcanoes in Hawaii and 34 volcanoes in Alaska.
Rachel left home for school at 7:45 one morning. She returned home at 4:05 that afternoon. How many hours and minutes was she gone? (The number of minutes in your answer must be less than 60).
8 hours 20 minutes
120% of 300
360
What is 2/5 as a percent?
40%
12 is 2% of ____________________
600
Ricardo has $25 to spend on school supplies. He spends 75% of the money on a backpack and the rest on a large binder. How much does he spend on the backpack? How much does he spend on the binder?
$18.75 on the backpack. $6.25 for the binder (yikes!).
What number between 121 and 149 is exactly divisible by both 3 and 5?
135
25% of 32.4
8.1
What is 3.5% as a fraction?
7/200
24 is 16% of ________________________
150
Kevin is hiking on a trail that is 4.2 miles long. so far, he has hiked 80% of the total distance. How many more miles does Kevin have to hike in order to complete the trail?
.84 mile
The number 6 has exactly four different factors: 1, 2, 3, and 6. How many counting numbers less than 15 have exactly two different factors?
A baker made 60 muffins for a cafe. By noon, 45% of the muffins were sold. How many muffins were sold by noon?
27 muffins
Compare 21.6% and 1/5.
21.6% > 2/5
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
Each week, Tasha saves 65% of the money she earns babysitting and spends the rest. The week she earned $40. How much more money did she save than spend this week?
The scale drawing of a rectangular room measures 10 cm long by 6 cm wide. The actual width of the room is 15 feet. What is the actual perimeter of the room, in feet?
80
There are 30 treasures hidden in a castle in a video game. LaToya found 80% of them. How many of the treasures did she not find?
6 treasures
Georgianne completed 60% of her homework assignment. Write the portion of her homework that she still needs to complete as a fraction.
2/5
A customer placed an order with a bakery for muffins. The baker has completed 37.5% of the order after baking 81 muffins. How many muffins did the customer order?
216 muffins
Jordan takes 50% of the cherries from a bowl. then Mei takes 50% of the remaining cherries. Finally, Greg takes 50% of the remaining cherries. There are 3 cherries left. How many cherries were in the bowl before Jordan arrived?
24 cherries.
Alexandra gives 1/2 of her marbles to Tyler, who gives 2/3 of what he receives to Jan, who gives 3/4 of what she receives to Jerry. If each has a counting number of marbles, what is the fewest number of marbles that Alexandra could have started with?
12