Percent Proportions

​Percent Proportions

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part (is)

percent (%)

whole (of)

100

Use the vocab below to answer the next questions:

Match

Match the percent clue word with the correct part of the proportion.

• "of"

• "is"

• %

Whole

Part

Percent

• Whole

• Part

• Percent

Hotspot

Where would you put the percent (%) in the proportion?

Hotspot

Where would you put the part (is) in the proportion?

Hotspot

Where would you put the whole (of) in the proportion?

​Percent Proportion Example

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3

50

(of)

100

(is)

(%)

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3 is 50% of what number?

Put the numbers in the proportion.

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​Percent Proportion Example

X

3

50

(of)

100

(is)

(%)

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3 is 50% of what number?

Cross multiply (diagonal) and divide.

Multiple Choice

What is 80% of 40?

• 30

• 3

• 50

• 32

Multiple Choice

What percent of 156 is 78?

• 50%

• 10%

• 200%

• 100%

Multiple Choice

36 is 9% of what number?

• 40

• 4

• 400

• o.4

Multiple Choice

12 is 48% of what number?

• 25

• 2.5

• 250

• 5

Multiple Choice

What is 95% of 220?

• 2.9

• 209

• 200

• 290

Multiple Choice

What percent of 60 is 12?

• 7.2

• 20

• 200

• 2