Fractions Decimals Percents Models

Select all fractions equivalent to 40%.

• 4/100

• 2/5

• 2/50

• 40/100

• 4/10

Change .98 into a percent.

• 98%

• 9.8% 

• 980%

• .98%

Which percent is equivalent or equal to the fraction in the picture?

• 89%

• 100%

• 189%

• 11%

Answer explanation

A percent, or percentage, is a special fraction that always has 100 as the denominator. Because the bottom of a percent is always 100, we don’t even write it. We remove the 100 and put a % instead. 89/100 = 89%.

There is one pizza and two people are going to split it in half. How would you convert one half into a fraction, decimal and percent?

• 1/2  ,  0.5  ,  50%

• 1/4  ,  0.25  ,  25%

• 3/4  , 0.75  ,  75%

• \1/20  ,  0.05 ,  5%

Lori has been asked to show 57% in modeled form. She began to color in her model with yellow. How many more squares will Lori need to color to complete the exercise?

• 57 squares

• 37 squares

• 20 squares

• 17 squares

What percent is this? ____%

(type numbers only)

Which of the following statements is accurate based on the three models named (a), (b), and (c)?

• (a) can be written as 1:4 and (b) is 10%

• (b) is 0.10 and (c) is 65%

• together (c) and (a) make 90%

• (b) is a ratio of 1:10 and (c) is 3:5

What percent of the model is yellow?

• 10%

• 87%

• 90%

• 13%

What percentage is represented?

• 5%

• 15%

• 20%

• 25%

• 0.8

• 0.08

• 0.008

• 8.0