Find a Percent from Part and Whole

When solving a percent problem, how do you find the PART?

• Multiply the percent by the whole.

• Change the percent to a decimal then multiply the decimal by the whole.

• Change the percent to a decimal then multiply the decimal by the part.

70% of WHAT NUMBER is 112?

• 1.6

• 89

• 160

• .89

Am I looking for the PART, WHOLE, or PERCENT:

70% of WHAT NUMBER is 112?

• Whole

• Part

• Percent

AM I looking or the WHOLE, PART, or PERCENT: 20% of 60 is what number?

• Whole

• Part

• Percent

20% of WHAT NUMBER is 18?

• .9

• 90

• 3.6

On Tuesday, 620 students attended Greenville Middle School. If 341 students brought lunch to school that day, what PERCENT of students brought there lunch?

• 58%

• 55%

• 2.5%

• 5.5%

When solving a percent problem, how do you find the WHOLE?

• Change the % to a decimal then multiply the decimal by the part.

• Change the % to a decimal then assign a variable for the whole and solve the equation.

• Change the % to a decimal then assign a variable for the part and solve the equation.

Use the percent proportion or percent equation to answer the following:

A person ate 2400 calories in a day. Of these, 36% came from fat. How many calories came from fat?

• 984

• 830

• 1142

• 864

Use the percent proportion or percent equation to answer the following:

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%

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

What is 20% of 60?

• Part

• Percent

• Whole