Percent, Part, and Whole

Percent

100

Find the percent.  14/35

40%

200

60 kids tried out for the basketball team.  Only 15 made the team.  What percent of kids made the basketball team?

25%

300

65 out of 125 students attended the school dance.  What percent of students attended the school dance?

52%

400

There are 8 apples, 10 oranges, and 6 peaches.  What percent of the fruit is peaches?

25%

500

12 kids in the class packed a lunch.  There are 25 kids in the class.  What percent of the kids bought a school lunch?

52%

Part

100

What is 40% of 125?

50

200

If 32% of the customers bought Takis at the grocery store yesterday, how many people bought Takis if 225 total people visited the store?

72 people bought Takis

300

If we spend 30% of our day sleeping out of a 24 hour day.  How many hours do we spend sleeping?

7.2 hours of sleep 

400

When finding the part, your x (the variable - number you don't know) should go on the _____ of the fraction.

Top

500

Out of 150 kids, 60% joined the school's summer camp.  How many kids joined summer camp?  How many did not join summer camp?

90 joined, 60 did not join 

Whole

100

30% of the students in Miss Bortz's class like Sour Patch Kids.  If 6 kids like Sour Patch kids, what is the total number of students in Miss Bortz's class?

20 students

200

There are 18 girls in a class. If this is 40% of the class list, then how many students are in the class?

45 students in the class

300

At the aquarium, there are 8 dolphins.  This is 16% of the animals at the aquarium.  How many total animals does the aquarium have? 

50 total animals 

400

When finding the whole or total, your x (the variable - number you don't know) should go on the _____ of the fraction.

Bottom 

500

30% of the class forgot to do their homework.  If 12 kids forgot to do their homework, how many total students are in the class?  How many students did their homework?

40 total students, 28 did their homework 

Vocabulary

100

Percent is out of ....

100

200

The number on the top of a fraction

Numerator

300

The number on the bottom of the fraction

Denominator

400

When you write a fraction, the numerator is the _____ and the denominator is the _____

part, total

500

Equivalent Fractions are 

Equal

Fraction, Decimal, or Percent

100

What is 1/4 as a decimal?

.25

200

What is .6 as a percent?

60%

300

What is 20% as a fraction in lowest terms?

1/5

400

What is .625 as a percent rounded to the nearest whole number?

63%

500

4 out of 5 parts are shaded.  What is the fraction, decimal, and percent for the shaded parts?

4/5, .8, 80%