Percentage Problems Practice One

Front

What is a percentage?

Back

A percentage is a way of expressing a number as a fraction of 100. It represents how much of something there is out of a total.

Front

How do you find what number a percentage is of?

Back

To find what number a percentage is of, divide the part by the percentage (in decimal form) and multiply by 100.

Front

What is 50% of a number?

Back

50% of a number is half of that number.

Front

How do you calculate the percentage of a total?

Back

To calculate the percentage of a total, divide the part by the total and multiply by 100.

Front

What is 40% of 50?

Back

20

Front

If 12 is 50% of what number, what is the number?

Back

24

Front

How do you convert a fraction to a percentage?

Back

To convert a fraction to a percentage, divide the top number (numerator) by the bottom number (denominator) and multiply by 100.

Front

What is the formula to find the percentage of a number?

Back

Percentage = (Part / Total) x 100.

Front

If there are 80 apples and 24 are red, how many are green?

Back

56 green apples.

Front

What percentage of 80 apples are red if there are 24 red apples?

Back

30%.