Fractions Decimal Percent Grid

Write 5% as a decimal.

• 5

• 0.5

• 0.05

• 0.005

What fraction of this triangle is shaded?

• 9/2

• 2/7

• 2/9

• 7/2

Of the students in Maria's grade, 12% are going on a field trip.  Which decimal number represents the percent of students going on the trip?

• 0.0012

• 0.12

• 1.2

• 12.0

In Pam's neighborhood, 7 out of 25 houses are painted yellow.  What percent of the houses are painted yellow?

• 7%

• 17%

• 25%

• 28%

Percent is always out of

• 10

• 100

• 1000

• 10,000

Which shaded region on the 10-by-10 grid represents 32%?

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What percent of the figure is shaded?

• 53%

• 60%

• 63%

• 37%

What is 12% of 40?

• 4.2

• 4

• 4.8

• 5

What percentage of the model is shaded?

• 1%

• 10%

• 99%

• 100%

Answer explanation

10 squares are shaded in the model. There are 100 total squares in the model. The fraction of the model shaded is 10/100. 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. 10/100 = 10%.

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%.