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100

15/50 =

x/100

What is the percent?

30%

or

x = 30

100

12/x =

24/100

What is the total?

x = 50

100

20/100 =

x/10

What is the part?

x = 2

100

Johnny had 20 fruits in total. 5 of the fruits were apples. What percentage of the fruits were apples?

25%

100

What type of dress can never be worn?

Address 

200

23/25 =

x/100

What is the percent?

92%

or

x = 92

200

12/x =

25/100

What is the total?

x = 48

200

14/100 =

x/50

What is the part?

x = 7

200

Mo had 3 slices of chocolate cake. This amount was 12% of the total amount of slices that was available. How many slice of cake was there originally?

25 slices of cake

200

What can you put in a bucket that will make it lighter?

A hole

300

3/30 =

x/100

What is the percent?

10%

or

x = 10

300

125/x =

25/100

What is the total

x = 500

300

40/100 =

x/15

What is the part?

x = 6

300

Raj had 64 apps on his phone. Out of all his apps, 75% were games. How many apps did Raj have that were NOT games

16 apps

300

The more there is, the less you see. What am I?

Darkness

400

3/12 =

x/100

What is the percent?

25%

or

x = 25

400

36/x =

60/100

What is the total?

x = 60

400

30/100 =

x/90

What is the part?

x = 27

400

Harry had 30 pairs of socks. 18 of them were red, 2 of them were blue, 6 of them were green, and the rest of them were yellow. What percentage of socks were yellow or blue?

20%

400

If a rooster lays an egg at the very top of a slanted roof, which side is the egg going to roll off on?

Roosters can’t lay eggs

500

27/36 =

x/100

What is the percent?

75%

or 

x = 75

500

47/x

20/100

What is the total?

x = 235

500

20/100 =

x/135

What is the part?

x = 27

500

Filbert had 17 red marbles. Gilbert had 13 yellow marbles. And Wilbert had 20 purple marbles. They plan of giving 34% of their marble stash to their cousin Hubert and 18% of their stash to their other cousin Albert. Afterwards, how many marbles will they have left?

24 marbles

500

Take away the whole, and some remain. What is it?

The word “wholesome.”