Percent: Finding the Part or Percent

20% of 65 is what number?

• 13

• 15

• 16

• 13.75

9% of 50 is what?

• 4.5

• 45

• .45

• .045

How do you find the PERCENT if you have the WHOLE and the PART?

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

• Assign a variable for the percent then put the whole and part into the equation and solve the equation. Change your answer from a decimal to a % by moving the decimal.

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

• Assign a variable for the percent then divide by 1,000. After that add the whole to the sum.

What PERCENT of 186 is 93?

• .5

• 200%

• .2

• 50%

What PERCENT of 200 is 40?

• .2

• 50%

• 50.0

• 20%

What PERCENT of 88 is 11?

• 8%

• .125

• 12.5%

• 8.0

When finding percents, what does "OF" mean?

• equal

• multiply

• divide

• add

When finding percents, what does "IS" mean?

• multiply

• divide

• equal

• less than

3% of 750 is what number?

• 2.25

• 22.5

• 225

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.