Percents

STAAR BLITZ- WEEK 2- PART 1

6.4G 6.5B

6.4G- Equivalent forms of Fractions, Decimals, and Percents

Remember- Convert everything into a decimal!!!!!

Multiple Choice

A restaurant offered cooking classes on 24 of the 30 days in November. What decimal is equivalent to the fraction of days in November that classes were offered at the restaurant? Be sure to use the correct place value.

• 0.08

• 0.8

• 0.24

• 0.06

Multiple Choice

Approximately ⅘ of US homeowners have a cell phone. What percent of homeowners do not have a cell phone

• 45%

• 80%

• 4.5%

• 20%

Multiple Choice

A company spent 32% of its annual budget developing a new machine. What fraction of the company’s budget was spent developing the new machine?

• 5/16

• 1/32

• 8/25

• 4/125

Multiple Choice

What is the percent of the shaded region in the figure?

• 40%

• 60%

• 12%

• 8%

Multiple Choice

Noah answered 43 of the 50 questions on his math test correctly. Which decimal represents the fraction of problems he answered incorrectly?

• 0.14

• 0.86

• 0.43

• 43.50

6.5B Percents

Remember- the PERCENT ALWAYS goes over 100!!!!!!

Multiple Choice

Martin's class has 28 students in it. 25% of those students are home sick today. How many students are home sick?

• 7 students

• 13 students

• 4 students

• 11 students

Multiple Choice

Abigail took a science test and got 36 correct and 4 incorrect answers. What was the percentage of correct answers? *HINT- Find out the total number of questions first!!*

• 86%

• 83%

• 90%

• 94%

Multiple Choice

What percent of songs are Rock AND Classical?

• 25%

• 40%

• 50%

• 20%

Multiple Choice

There are 35 boys out for football. This is about 5% of the total enrollment. How many total kids are in the school?

• 30

• 350

• 700

• 1235

Multiple Choice

Bill is in a class of 15 boys and 35 girls. 40% of the students in the class take the bus to school. How many students DO NOT take the bus to school?

• 35

• 20

• 15

• 30