Finding and Comparing Percents

Nancy earned 60 points on her last test. If there were 75 possible points, what was her percent grade?

• 20%
• 40%
• 60%
• 80%

Determine if you are finding the part, percent, or whole.  
18 is what percent of 36?

• Part
• Percent
• Whole

Gary read 34 pages of a 340-page book. What percent did he read?

• 34%
• 15%
• 10%
• 25%

Adrien and his family are enjoying a vacation in the wild west. One place they really want to visit is the Grand Canyon. The total distance they will drive is 400 miles. If they have already driven 280 miles, what percent have they driven?

• 68%

• 30%

• 70%

• 43%

There are 36 quarters in my coin collection. If my coin collection has 45% quarters, how many total coins do I have?

• 75%

• 80 %

• 75 coins

• 80 coins

Amanda has finished 9 problems on her math study guide. If this is 75% of the problems on her study guide, how many problems are on the entire study guide? Use a proportion to solve.

• 15 problems

• 12 problems

• 3 problems

• 69 problems

Three out of five students in Mrs. Mellow's class play chess. What percentage of students in her class play chess? Use an equation to solve.

• 69%

• 60%

• 75%

• 96%

In a neighborhood, there are 9 families that own a poodle. If these owners make up 50% of all dog owners in the neighborhood, how many dog owners are there?

What part of the percent proportion are you missing?

• Part

• Whole

• Percent

9 students in the class failed the test, which was 12% of the class. How many students are in the class?

• 12

• 9

• 108

• 75

40 books in the library are fiction, this is 50% of all books. How many books are in the library?

• 80

• 90

• 200

• 10