Solve Percent Equations

Patrick's city took a survey about a plan for a new park. The city surveyed 700 people. 89% of the people surveyed liked the plan for the park. How many people liked the plan?

The students at Austin's school voted for a new school mascot. 25% of the students voted to be The Falcons. If there are 132 students in Austin's school, how many students voted to be The Falcons?

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At Lucy's Beading Boutique, there are 552 plastic beads and 23 metal beads on clearance. What percentage of the beads on clearance are plastic? (hint: get the total number of beads first)

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299 women and 26 men attended a real estate conference. What percentage of the people at the conference were women? (Hint: you need to first get the total of men and women attending)

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A factory made 800 packs of gum. 93% of the packs contained mint-flavored gum. How many packs of mint gum did the factory make?

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A company took a survey about its new product. 44 people liked the new product and 356 people did not. What percentage of the people surveyed liked the new product? (hint: get the total of number of people first)

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$8 is 2 $$\frac{1}{2}$$ % of what amount?

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What number is 130% of 40?

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3 $$\frac{1}{2}$$ % of what number is 70?

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24% of 35 is what number?

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