Identifying Part Percent Whole

"At Jenna's Swimwear, 12 out of the 16 styles at the store are bikinis. What percentage of swimsuit styles at the store are bikinis?" What are our different values here?

• 12

• Percent

• x

• Whole

• 16

• Part

Wyatt's Diner offers its clients a choice of regular and diet soda. Last night, the diner served 5 sodas in all, 2 of which were regular. What percentage of the sodas were regular?

• 2

• Part

• 5

• Percent

• x

• Whole

"51 out of the 68 people in a company meeting were managers. What percentage of the meeting attendees were managers?" What are our different values here?

• 68

• Part

• x

• Whole

• 51

• Percent

"27 of the magazines at the bookstore are women's magazines, which is 90% of all the magazines? How many magazines are in the bookstore?" What are our different values here?

• 27

• Whole

• 90

• Part

• x

• Percent

The ratio used to find percent is...

• part/whole = %/100

• part/whole = 100 / %

• whole/part= %/ 100

What is the percent if 25 is 20% of a number?

• 10%

• 20%

• 25%

• 125%

Identify the part in the proportion if 40% of a number is 20.

• 40

• 20

• 50

• 80

What percent of 50 is 10?

• 5%

• 10%

• 20%

• 25%

What percent of 80 is 20?

• 15%

• 25%

• 35%

• 40%

How much tax would be paid at 7% for a $12.00 purchase? What are you asked to find?

• the percent

• the part

• the whole

• none of these