Percent Project

60% of_500_=300

• part

• all of the above

• whole

• percent

Answer explanation

. The concept of percentage was not developed by any person.

A coin contains 999 grams of nickel and 161616 grams of copper, for a total weight of 252525 grams.

What percentage of the metal in the coin is copper?

While waiting for a video game to download, you notice that 30% percent of 32,000 kilobytes have been downloaded so far.

How many kilobytes have been downloaded so far?

• 130

• 9,600

• 20,000

• 800

Of the 50 U.S. states, 4 have names that start with the letter W

What percentage of U.S. states have names that start with the letter W?

15% of 30 = _____

• 1.0

• 7.0

• 2.1

• 4.5

300% of 50 ______

Sophie Ruth is eating a 50-gram chocolate bar which contains 30% percent cocoa.

How many grams of cocoa are in the chocolate bar?

• 15

• 25

• 10

• 50

Of all the species in the world, 4 out of every 5 are insects.

What percentage of species are insects?

2% percent of the students at Hamilton Middle School have red hair. There are 700 students at Hamilton Middle School.

How many students at Hamilton Middle School have red hair?

• 10

• 2

• 14

• 9

Oliver read for 450 minutes this month. His goal is to read for 10 % more minutes next month. If Oliver meets his goal, how many minutes will he read in all during the two months?