Find the Percent of the Number

Finding percent of a number

MA.6.AR.3.4 & 3.5

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The ratio of strawberries to total ingredients in a recipe is 2 to 5. If you have 35 total ingredients, how many are strawberries?

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There are 100 marbles in a bag, of which 34 are green, 17 are blue, and 27 are yellow. What is the ratio of yellow marbles to total marbles as a percent?

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Convert $\frac{2}{5}$ into a percent.

Multiple Choice

The percent proportion is..

$$\frac{is}{of}\ =\ \frac{\%}{100}$$  

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• a way to solve percent problems

Multiple Choice

In the question,
"35 is what percent of 40?"
What is the 40?

• Part

• Whole

• Percent

• Nothing 

Multiple Choice

In the question, "50 is what percent of 20?" What is the 50?

• part

• whole

• percent

• 100

Multiple Choice

In the question, "28 percent of 63 is what?" What is the 28?

• part

• whole

• percent

• 100

Setting up percent proportions

Today's task:

practice "Finding the part"