Finding Percent Part Whole Word Problems

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

12 is 50% of what number?

• Part

• Percent

• Whole

Determine if you are finding part, whole, or percent for the following word problem: A Chicago Cubs baseball cap costs a total of $28. Michael has a coupon that will save him 25% of the price. How much will the coupon save him?

• part

• whole

• percent

Label how to set up the percent proportion

a

b

c

d

100

%

Whole

Part

What is 20% of 60?

• Part

• Percent

• Whole

What is 20% of 50

• 10

• 25

• 5

• 15

What is 5% of 100

• 50

• 10

• 5

• 0.5

20 is what percent of 100?

• 20%

• 0.2%

• 2%

6 is what percent of 24?

• 4%

• 25%

• 40%

• 6%

What percent of 60 is 18?

40 is what percent of 32?