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The Percent of a Number
Finding the Missing Piece
Vocabulary Terms
Word Problems
Word Problems Ctd.
100

10% of 80 

What is 8 

100

75% of what number is 48?

What is 64

100

Percent 

What is a number out of 100 

100

At a middle school, 20% of the students are in 6th grade. There are 1,300 students at the middle school. How many students are in 6th grade? 

What is 260 Students 

100

Students sold $5,970 worth of magazine subscriptions for their school. The school receives 20% of the total subscriptions sold. About how much money will the school receive from the subscriptions sold? 

What is $1,200 

200

50% of 24 is 

What is 12

200

120% of what number is 72?

What is 60

200

Ratio

What is a comparison between two numbers 

200

At a middle school, 14 out of 20 students were in class Monday. What percentage of students were in class? 

What is 70%

200

A survey showed that 20% of the 600 students at a school chose the beach as their favorite place to vacation. How many students chose the beach as their favorite? 

What is 120 students. 

300

5% of 40 

What is 2 

300

10% of what number is 14?

What is 140. 

300

Whole

What is where the numerator and denominator are the same. In a percentage, the whole is 100%. 

300

Last weekend, 75% of the people who attended a movie purchased popcorn. If 300 people purchased popcorn, how many people attended the movie?

What is 400 people. 

300

Miguel took 32 comic books to his friends house. This is 40% of his total collection of comic books. How many total comic books does Miguel have in his collection?

What is 80 books. 

400

19% of 50 is 

What is 9.5 

400

25% of what number is 21?

What is 84. 

400

Equivalent Ratios 

What are ratios that are the same (equal)

400

At a school, 5% of the sixth-grade students are in the drama club. There are 12 sixth-grade students in the drama club. How many sixth-grade students attend the school? 

What is 240 students. 

400

In Mrs.Carters homeroom, 25% of students are going to the dance. If 6 of Mrs.Carters students are going to the dance, how many students are in Mrs.Carters homeroom?

What is 24 students. 

500

38% of 8,000 is 

What is 30,400

500

175% of what number is 42? 

What is 24. 

500

Unit Rate 

Ratio in which the denominator is 1. Usually seen with the word PER. 

500

The sale price for a sweater was $21. The sweater was 40% off. What was the original price of the sweater? 

What is $35