setting up percent proportions 1
setting up percent proportions 2
setting up percent proportions 3
solving percent proportions
100

25% of the questions were answered, there are 16 questions.  How many were answered?

25/100=x/16

100

If 20% of the school's are remote.  There are 10 schools that are remote.  How many total schools are there?

20/100=10/x

100

12 out of 24 cars are blue.  What percent of cars are blue?

x/100=12/24

100

65% of students do not study prior to tests. If there are a total of 700 students, how many do not study for tests?

What is 455?

200

75% of the 12 candies are chocolate, how many candies are actually chocolate?

75/100=x/12

200

10% of the bikes had flat tires.  15 bikes had flat tires, how many overall bikes were there?

10/100=15/x

200

49 out of 50 kids received their drivers license.  What percent of kids received their licenses?

x/100=49/50
200
16 out of 20 people use debit cards instead of checks. What percentage like to use debit cards?
What is 80%?
300

100 % of the 17 students were in class today, how many students were in class today?

100/100=x/17

300

100% of the class passed the math quiz.  12 people passed the quiz, how many students were there in the class?

100/100=12/x

300

In the gym there are 95 total seats.  If there are 19 students seated in the gym, what percent of students are seated in the gym?

x/100=19/95

300
There are 35 boys out for football. This is about 5% of the total enrollment. How many total kids are in the school?
What is 700?
400

There are 25 baseball teams in the league.  40% of the teams still needs coaches.  How many teams still needs coaches?

40/100=x/25

400

50% of the cars had leather seats.  How many cars were there if 40 of them had leather seats?

50/100=40/x

400

180 of the 540 fans were Red Sox fans.  What percent were Red Sox fans?

x/100=180/540

400
John got 17 out of 20 on his test. What percentage did he get correct?
What is 85%?
500

Your school's newspaper budget is 160% of last year's. Last year's total budget was $2125. This year's budget is....

160/100=x/2125

500

75% of the football teams had winning records.  How many football teams are there if 20 of them had winning records?

75/100=20/x

500

If 18.75 of the 25 pieces of pizza were eaten.  What percent were eaten?

x/100=18.75/25

500
Mary got 18 out of 25 on her test. What was her percentage?
What is 72%?