Percents

Determine if you're solving for part, whole, or percent:

"On a random Monday in the Spring, 95% of students are present at school. If there are 589 students present, then how many total students are enrolled?"

• Percent

• Part

• Whole

SET UP A PROPORTION AND SOLVE:

Maggie is participating in her school reading challenge. She reads 40 books in 6 months. If 26 of the books are fiction, then what percent of the books that she read are fiction?

• 23%

• 6%

• 65%

• 35%

Ms. Chen has noted that 7 out of every 10 pieces of mail she gets are junk mail. What percent of her mail is junk?

• .70%

• 7.0%

• .07%

• 70%

Daniela picked out a new tennis racket that was priced at $35.00. She saved $40.00 to cover the tax. If there is an 8% tax, then how much will she pay for the tennis racket and the tax?

• 37.20

• 2.80

• 37.80

• 5.00

Select one OR MORE equivalent sets to the following fraction:
 $\frac{1}{8}$  

•  $\frac{4}{16}$  ,12.5%

•  $\frac{6}{32}$  ,125%

•  $\frac{2}{16}$  , 125%

•  $\frac{4}{32}$  , 12.5%

If 4% of Ms. Chen's packages get lost in the mail, then which decimal best represents the amount of packages lost in the mail?

• 0.04

• 0.40

• 4.0

• 40.0