Percents: Lesson 4

Percents

Lesson 4: Finding Whole

When solving for the Whole...

• Your unknown will be the Whole

• You will be given the part and the Percent

• Part (is)

• Percent (%)

Multiple Select

When given a Finding a Whole problem, which two values are you given?

• Part

• Percent

• Whole

Using Precent Proportion Table

• Step 1: Identify your values and variable

• Your Unknown = WHOLE

• Step 2: Cross Multiply

• Step 3: Divided to get the variable by itself

Try this problem

15 minutes is 25% of what number?

Use Percent Equation

• Step 1: Identify your values and variable

• Your Unknown is Whole

• Step 2: Divided ^Part / _Percent

• Step 3: Multiply your answer by 100

• Equation: Whole = ( ^Part / _Percent ) x 100

Multiple Choice

34% of what number is 612?

• 1800

• 208.08

• 5.5

Multiple Choice

66.3 is 78% of what number?

• 85

• 51.71

• 117.65