Percents
A school fundraiser goal is to collect $240. On the first day, the class raises 35% of the goal.
How much money did they raise?
$84
A student answers 75% of 40 questions correctly.
How many questions did the student get right?
30
The word "of" means what algebraically?
multiplication
A smoothie recipe uses 3 cups of yogurt for every 5 cups of fruit. If you use 12 cups of yogurt, how many cups of fruit do you need?
20 cups of fruit
Daily Double #3
An equation has an equal sign and is balanced, while an expression does not, and is not balanced.
Daily Double #1
$72
A car travels 120 miles in 3 hours.
At the same speed, how far will it travel in ½ hour?
20 miles
10% of 100 is ?
10
The ratio of cats to dogs at a shelter is 7 : 5. If there are 96 animals total, how many cats and how many dogs are there?
56 cats and 40 dogs
1/2 bh
Area of a triangle
A student scored 72 points on a test with 100 possible points. After extra credit, her score increased by 12%.
What is her new score, rounded to the nearest whole number?
81%
A pair of shoes costs $120 and is on sale for 25% off.
What is the sale price?
$90
How many feet are in 1 mile?
5,280 feet
A class has a ratio of 9 : 11 students who prefer soccer to basketball. There are 220 students total. How many prefer each sport?
99 soccer, 121 basketball
Largest value minus Smallest Value
Range
A water tank holds 500 gallons when full. Due to a leak, the amount of water in the tank decreases by 18%.
How many gallons of water remain in the tank?
410 gallons
The school dance committee had a budget of $250 for the dance. It decided to spend 30% of the budget on decorations. How much can be spent on decorations?
$75
What is the term for the measurement of the distance around an object/shape?
perimeter
A rectangular patio is 10 ft by 14 ft. A larger patio is built that is 1.3 times as long and 1.3 times as wide. If the smaller patio costs $2,100 to pave at the same price per square foot, what will the larger patio cost?
$3,549
Amount of Change divided by Original Value
Percent of Change
A phone costs $640. It is first discounted by 15%, and then an 8% sales tax is applied to the discounted price.
What is the final price of the phone?
$587.52
Daily Double #2
≈ $22
An equation showing two ratios are equal is known as:
A punch mix has a juice-to-soda ratio of 5 : 3. After adding 12 cups of soda, the ratio becomes 5 : 7. How many cups of juice were in the mix originally?
15 cups of juice originally
y=kx
Constant of proportionality