General Info
This word, describing a particular ratio, is actually two Latin words which together translate directly to "Out of 100".
Percent
What is 0.23 when written as a percent?
23%
What is 50% of 10?
5
Sammy the Sneaky Spider spun 1/5 mile of sneaky spider silk on Saturday. He then spun another 1/6 mile of sneaky spider silk on Sunday. Was this a 16.7% increase or a 16.7% decrease for Sammy?
16.7% decrease
What do we more specifically refer to a Percent of Change as if the value has gone up?
Percent Increase
What is 0.3 when written as a percent?
30%
What is 10% of 50?
5
Gabe's rocket flew 120m on its initial flight. It then flew 360m on its second flight. What was the rocket's percent change between flights?
200% increase
What is missing from the following proportion?
(part)/(whol e) = (percent)/( ? )
100
What is 3.5% when written as a decimal?
0.035
25 is what percent of 500?
5%
Which of the following scenarios offers a greater percent change? (Ignore whether it was an increase or decrease.)
A) Going from 20 to 50
B) Going from 50 to 20
A
Going from 20 to 50 represents a 150% change, while going from 50 to 20 represents only a 60% change.
When used as part of a math word problem, the word "of" almost always corresponds to what?
Multiplication
What is
9/8
as a percent?
112.5%
36 is 40% of what?
90
Hampton Falls had a population of 2,236 in 2010.
The town had a population of 2,403 in 2020.
Rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent, what was the percent change over the most recent decade?
7.5% increase