How to Find the Percent

Nancy earned 60 points on her last test. If there were 75 possible points, what was her percent grade?

• 20%

• 40%

• 60%

• 80%

Determine if you are finding the part, percent, or whole.  
18 is what percent of 36?

• Part

• Percent

• Whole

Gary read 34 pages of a 340-page book. What percent did he read?

• 34%

• 15%

• 10%

• 25%

Adrien and his family are enjoying a vacation in the wild west. One place they really want to visit is the Grand Canyon. The total distance they will drive is 400 miles. If they have already driven 280 miles, what percent have they driven? Use a tape diagram to solve.

• 68%

• 30%

• 70%

• 43%

The graph shows the number of baseball cards Jimmy had in his collection on May 1 and on June 1. What was the percent increase in the number of cards from May 1 to June 1?

• 25%

• 20%

• 21%

• 30%

The graph shows the number of baseball cards Jimmy had in his collection on May 1 and on June 1. What was the percent increase in the number of cards from May 1 to June 1?

• 25%

• 20%

• 21%

• 30%

A percent is a number out of...

• 1

• 50

• 100

• itself

Amanda has finished 9 problems on her math study guide. If this is 75% of the problems on her study guide, how many problems are on the entire study guide? Use a proportion to solve.

• 15 problems

• 12 problems

• 3 problems

• 69 problems

Three out of five students in Mrs. Mellow's class play chess. What percentage of students in her class play chess? Use an equation to solve.

• 69%

• 60%

• 75%

• 96%

9 students in the class failed the test, which was 12% of the class. How many students are in the class?

• 12

• 9

• 108

• 75