Conversions
Comparisons
Direct Percentage Calculations
Percentage Situations
Percent of Change
100

What is 0.25 as a percent?

25%

100

Which has the greater value?

0.3 or 2/5

2/5

100

What is 60% of 200?

120

100

A factory made 200 packs of gum. 40% of the packs contained mint-flavored gum. How many packs of mint gum did the factory make?

80 packs of mint gum

100

What is the percent of change from 10 to 5?

50% decrease

200

What is 0.3 as a fraction?

3/10 or 30/100

200

Which has the greater value?

74% or 15/20

15/20

200

What is 25% of 84?

21

200

At a company meeting, there were 88 people in attendance. 75% of them were managers. How many managers were in the meeting?

66 managers

200

What is the percent of change from 100 to 47?

53% decrease

300

What is 2/5 as a percentage?

40%

300

Which has the lesser value?

.08 or 1/10

.08

300

What is 120% of 50?

60

300

Alex was contracted to trim and style hedges in the park. Of the 30 hedges, by the afternoon he trimmed and styled 70% of them. How many hedges were dealt with?

21 hedges

300

What is the percent of change from 30 to 45?

50% increase

400

What is 7/20 as a percentage?

35%

400

Which has the lesser value?

12/20 or 31/50

12/20

400

What is 5% of 62?

3.1

400

At the Ingemundsen Bakery, they sold 2,000 loaves over the last year. 56% of them were sourdoughs; how much sourdough bread was sold?

1,120 loaves of sourdough bread were sold

400

What is the percent of change from 50 to 69?

38% increase

500

What is 72.5% as a decimal amount?

0.725

500

Which has the greater value? 

WILL NEED TO JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWER.

29/40 or 50/60

50/60

500

What is 3% of 70?

2.1

500

The city of Nashua took a survey about a plan for a new park. The city surveyed 80,000 people. 24% of the people surveyed liked the plan for the park. How many people liked the plan?

19,200 liked the plan

500

What is the percent of change from 4.5 to 3.6?

20% decrease