Analyze Percents of Numbers

4-1 Percents Day 2

Conceptual

Meg is a veterinarian. In a given week, 50% of the 16 dogs she saw were Boxers. Steve is also a veterinarian. In the same week, 7 of the 35 dogs he saw this week were Boxers.

Identify the WHOLE, PART, and PERCENT for both Meg and Steve.

---------------Meg ---------------------

Whole: _____ Part: _____ Percent: ____

----------------Steve-------------------

Whole: _____ Part: _____ Percent: ____

Multiple Choice

Leo wants to figure out what type of discount. He bought one bag of candy for $3.00 after the sale. The original price of the candy was $4.10. What is Leo looking for?

• whole

• part

• percent

Solve

A local Little League has a total of 60 players, 80% of whom are right handed. How many right-handed players are there?

Multiple Choice

Meyer's pizza shop sold 150 pizzas, 40% which were pepperoni. How many pepperoni pizzas did Meyer's sell?

• 45

• 50

• 55

• 60

Multiple Choice

Melissa had 200 ice pops to hand out at a softball game. 35% of the pops were blue flavored. How many blue flavored ice pops were there?

• 60

• 70

• 80

• 90

Multiple Choice

A local softball team has a total of 30 players, 90% of whom are right handed. How many right-handed players are there?

• 27

• 30

• 33

• 35

Multiple Choice

Sandra's volleyball team has a total of 20 uniforms. 20% are medium sized uniforms. How many are medium sized?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

Multiple Choice

A new health drink has 130% of the recommended daily allowance (RDA) for a certain vitamin. The RDA for the vitamin is 45 mg. How many milligrams of the vitamin are in the drink?

• 58.5 mg

• 62.4 mg

• 74.1 mg

• 88.5 mg

Multiple Choice

Olivia is a stockbroker. She makes 4% of her sales in commission per week. Last week she sold $7,200 worth of stocks. If she sells the same amount every week, how much commission will she make after 52 weeks?

• $12,423

• $13,867

• $14,976

• $15,731

Multiple Choice

Challenge: 153 is 0.9% of what number?

• 10,000

• 12,000

• 15,000

• 17,000

Multiple Choice

33 is 40% of what number?

• 11.5

• 53.7

• 82.5

• 98.1

Multiple Choice

22 is 3% of what number?

• 733.3

• 812.4

• 923.6

• 1000.5