Converting fractions, decimals, and percent
Word Problems
Bar models: 25% or 10%
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100

Convert 0.6 to a percent.

60%

100

Percent is always out of ...

100

100

To find 25% of 500, you would divide your bar model into ______ equal pieces. Each piece would be worth ________%.

4 pieces

25%

100

At the zoo, there were 360 monkeys. 70% of them were baboons. 

How many of them were not baboons?

108 monkeys were not baboons

200

Convert 76% to a decimal and a fraction.

0.76 and 76/100

200

Ms. Delle Bovi has 15 red shirts and 5 green shirts. What percent of the shirts are green?

25%

200

To find 30% of 500, you would divide your bar model into ______ equal pieces. Each piece would be worth ________%.

10 pieces

10%

200

At the grocery store, there were 48 apples. 25% of them were Golden Delicious. 

How many of them were not Golden Delicious?

36

300

Write 2/5 as a fraction out of 100.

40%

300

Mrs. Smith has 25 white socks, 16 blue socks, and 9 brown socks. What percent of her socks are white?

50%

300

What is 40% of 600%

24

300

Jeremy watched some YouTube videos. 14 of them were long, and 16 of them were short. He watched 90% of them at home, and the rest at school.

How many videos did he watch at school?

3 videos 

400

Reduce 88/100 to its simplest form

22/25
400

Out of a total of 50 pencils, 20 of them are sharpened. What percentage of them are unsharpened?

60%

400

What is 25% of 540?

135

400

Catherine bought new hair ties. 4 of them were pink, 15 of them were black, and 1 was white. She put 20% of them in her backpack, and she kept the rest of them at home.

How many hair ties did she leave at home?

16 hair ties

500

What is 1% as a decimal and fraction?

0.01 and 1/100

500

Out of 25 puppies at the pet store, 10 are small, 7 are medium size, and the rest are large.

What percent of the puppies are puppies are large?

32%

500

What is 75% of 620?

465

500

Ms.. Delle Bovi was baking for her family. She made 3 small cakes, 5 medium-sized cakes, and 8 large cakes. She accidentally dropped 75% of the cakes. How many cakes did she not drop?

4 cakes