Real Life Percents

Which of these real life situations could be represented by a percent?

• Cell phone/computer power

• Test/quiz scores

• Sales tax

• Discounts

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

A percent is a ratio whose denominator is ____ ?

• 100

• 1

• o

• x

• 0.50

• 50%

• 100%

What is 9/100 as a percent?

• 9%

• 90%

• 19%

• 10%

What is 12/100 as a percentage?

• 24 %

• 12 %

• 50 %

• 99 %

Does the grid above represent more than 100%?

• No

• Maybe

• Yes

• 89

• 89%

• 8.9%

• 890%

A softball team won 95% of 120 games. How many games is that?

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

At Big City School, 4,248 students ride the bus to school. If this number is 90% of total school enrollment, then how many students are enrolled?

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

If 12 out of 21 students in a class are girls, then, to the nearest percent, what percent of the class is composed of girls?