Percent of a Number
Sales Tax
Find the percent
Converting
Find the whole
100

What is 50% of 70?

35

100

If sales tax is 5%, what would you pay in tax on an item that costs $20? 

$1

100

Twelve is what percent of 24?

Convert into an equation to solve. 

50%

100

Convert 1/100 to a decimal and percent. 

0.01

1%

100

Forty is 100% of what number? 

Write and equation to solve. 

40

200

What is 25% of 200?

50

200

If sales tax is 6%, what would you pay in tax on an item that costs $30? 

$1.80

200

What percent of 100 is 20?

20%

200

Convert 90% to a decimal and a fraction. 

0.9 or 0.90

9/10 or 90/100

200

Forty is 50% of what number?

80

300

What is 60% of 50?

30

300

If the sales tax is 7.5%, what will you pay in tax for an item that costs $36? 

$2.70

300

What percent of 80 is 20?

25%

300

Convert 0.15 to a fraction and percent. 

15/100 = 3/20

15%

300

Twenty is 25% of what number? 


80

400

What is 75% of 400?

300

400
If sales tax is 6%, what is the total price you would pay for items costing $120?

$127.20

400

What percent of 15 is 3?

20%

400

Convert  1 1/4 to a decimal and a percent. 

1.25

125%

400

Ten is 5% of what number? 

200

500

What is 125% of 80? 

100

500

If the sales tax is 8.5%, what is the total price you would pay on items costing $13.20?

$14.32

500

What percent of 80 is 8? 

10%

500

Convert 5/16 to a decimal and a percent. 

0.3125

31.25%

500

Sixteen is 1% of what number? 

1600