Percent of a Whole

Sara decided to look at new and used vans. Sara found a used van for $30,000. A new van is $50,000, so what percent of the price of a new van does Sara pay for a used van? Round your answer to the nearest whole number if necessary.

• 20%

• 40%

• 60%

• 80%

Beeny went to his local zoo where 55% of it's exhibits featured reptiles. If the zoo features 20 exhibits in total, how many of the zoo's exhibits feature reptiles? Round your answer to the nearest whole number if necessary.

• 20 exhibits

• 11 exhibits

• 32 exhibits

• 24 exhibits

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

At a construction job for a store, 24 painters were tasked with painting the interior. These painters made up 75% of the painting crew, so how many painters in all worked on this job? Round your answer to the nearest whole number if necessary.

• 20 painters

• 32 painters

• 11 painters

• 24 painters

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

At a local department store, dresses have been reduced to $20/ This is at 80% of the original price for dresses. Given this, what was the original price of the dresses? Round your answer to the nearest whole number if necessary.

• $10

• $15

• $20

• $25

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

• A
• B
• C
• D

• 500
• 625
• 100
• 150

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

There are 32 students in a class.  Fifteen of those students are girls. What percent are girls? Round to the nearest tenth)

• 46.9%

• 53.1%

• 47%

• 53%

There are 453 students eating lunch in the cafeteria. Of those, 308 students brought lunch from home. Which equation can be used to determine the percent of students who brought their lunch from home?

• 453 = x*308

• 308 = x*453

• x = 4.53*308

• x = 3.08*453

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

The hockey team won 63 out of the 84 games it played this year. What percent of the games did the team win?

• 30%

• 67%

• 75%

• 80%

The ratio used to find percent is...

• part/whole = %/100

• part/whole = 100 / %

• whole/part= %/ 100