Percent problems
Ratios to percents
Percents to Ratios (lowest terms)
Academic Vocabulary
Unit Rate
100

What is 50% of 20

10

100

Ratio to Percent 15:100

15%

100

Percents to Ratios 98%

49:50

100

Unit Rate

A ratio where one of the numbers is one. 

100

Matthew paid a total of $68.00 for 8 pepperoni pizzas.  What is the unit rate, in dollars, for a pepperoni pizza?

What is $8.50?

200

What is 40% of 20

8

200

Ratios to Percents 3:4

75%

200

Percents to Ratios 14% (simplest form)

7:50

200

Percent (literal meaning)

Out of 100 or per 100.

200

A car travels a distance of 104 miles in 4 hours. How fast is the car traveling, in miles per hour?

What is 26 mph?

300

12 is what percent of 48?

25%
300

Ratios to Percents 3:10


30%

300

Percents to Ratios 2%


1:50

300

Lowest terms

To simplify a ratio or fraction to a point where the only factor either number shares is 1.

300

In his new video game, Garry earned 300 points for finding 6 diamonds.  At this rate, how many diamonds would he need to find to earn 2000 points?

What is 40 diamonds?

400
What is 1:3 as percent

33 1/3%

400

Ratios to Percents 1:25


4%

400

Percents to Ratios 80% (simplest form)

4:5

400

Equivalent 


To have the same value 

400

Janine likes to draw pictures.  She can draw 5 pictures of cats in 30 minutes.  At what rate does Janine draw cats?

What is 1 picture/6 minutes?

500

What percentage of 40 is 12?

What is 30%?

500

Ratios to Percents 147:100

147%

500

Percents to Ratio 421%

421:100

500

Julia jogged 2 miles in 18 minutes.  At that rate, how long would it take her to jog 5 miles?




What is 45 minutes?

500

A caterpillar crawled 20 ft in 25 minutes.  What was the caterpillar's unit rate of speed in feet per minute?

What is 0.8ft/min?