Finding the Whole and Part of a Percent

Rewrite 33% as a decimal

• .33

• 33

• 33/100

• 33%

14 is 12.5% of what number?

• 11.2

• 1.12

• 112

• .112

Solve the equation: 36 = .96x

• x = 37.5

• x = .375

• x = 34.56

• x = 3456

Determine if you are finding the part, percent, or whole:

18 is what percent of 36?

• Part

• Percent

• Whole

• 50%

Which equation would you use to solve this:
Shirley spelled 12 of her 15 spelling words correctly on the test.  What percent grade did Shirley get on the test?

• x = 12% ● 15

• x = 15% ● 12

• 12 = x ● 15

• 15 = x ● 12

Greg took a test.  Out of 12 questions, he answered only nine correctly.  What percent of the questions did he score correctly?

• 75%

• 50%

• 80%

• 85%

A pizza shop has 25 employees. Of these, 14 are students. What percent are students?

• 14%

• 56%

• 33%

Of the 20 people in class, 12 are male. What percent are male?

• 12%

• 60%

• 30%

In a class of 30 kids, 3 forgot to get their report cards signed. What percent is that?

• 3%

• 30%

• 10%

• 70%

29 out of 50 is what percent ?

• 58%

• 75%

• 68%

• 96%