Percent of a Number Proportion

What percent of 15 is 12?

• 125%

• 80%

• 27%

What is 25% of 56?

• 25

• 31

• 14

162 is 90% of what?

• 180

• 110

• 252

The movie theater has 250 empty seats. 225 seats were sold for the current showing. What percent of seats are sold?

• 75%

• 90%

• 10%

• 225%

A restaurant has a sign by the door that says "Maximum occupancy: 75 people." What percent of its capacity is 9 people?

• 9%

• 75%

• 12%

• 21%

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Nyla took a math test and got 12 correct and 3 incorrect answers.

Which proportion shows how you could find the percent of wrong answers?

(Hint: 12 correct and 3 incorrect answers makes 15 total.)

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Pacino worked 8 hours out of the day.

Which proportion could you use to find the percent of the day he was working?

(Hint: There are 24 hours in a day.)

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The graph shows the number of baseball cards Jimmy had in his collection on May 1 and on June 1. What was the percent increase in the number of cards from May 1 to June 1?

• 25%

• 20%

• 21%

• 30%

In a percent proportion, One ratio compares a ​ (a)   of a quantity to the ​ (b)   .

• part

• whole

• proportion

• percent

• ratio