Fractions to Decimals to Percents

Cora spends 2/3 of her free time blogging on the internet. Leah spends 60% of her free time blogging on the internet. Who spends more free time blogging?

• Leah

• Cora

• Neither, they both spend the same amount of time blogging

Write a percent to represent the shaded portion of the model. REMEMBER: Percent means per 100!

• 16%

• 42%

• 64%

• 80%

Shop Rite has jeans on sale for 3/5 off. Save More has jeans on sale for 50% off. Which store has a better sale on jeans? Explain.

• Shop Rite; 3/5 > 50%

• Save More; 50% > 3/5

• Neither, they are equal to each other.

The table shows the favorite subjects of students in a recent survey.
Art = 4/25
English = 13%
Math = 0.28
Other = 7%
Science = 21/100
Social Studies = 0.15
Did more students choose art or math?  Explain.

• Math; 0.28 > 4/25

• Art; 4/25 > 0.28

• Math; 4/25 > 0.28

Converting between fractions, decimals, and percents: Convert 0.75 to a fraction and a percent.

• 2/5, 50%

• 3/4, 75%

• 4/5, 80%

• 1/3, 25%

Solving percent proportion word problems: A shirt that originally cost $40 is on sale for 25% off. What is the sale price of the shirt?

• $35

• $25

• $30

• $45

Solving percent proportion word problems: The price of a computer is $800, which is 20% off the original price. What is the original price of the computer?

• $700

• $500

• $1000

• $600

Converting between fractions, decimals, and percents: Convert 45% to a fraction and a decimal.

• 4/9, 0.54

• 3/8, 0.63

• 9/20, 0.45

• 5/11, 0.41

Using percent proportions to solve real-life problems: If a car originally cost $20,000 and is now selling for 15% off, what is the sale price of the car?

• $18,500

• $17,000

• $16,000

• $19,500

Using percent proportions to solve real-life problems: If you scored 85% on a test with 50 questions, how many questions did you answer correctly?

• 40

• 30

• 45

• 43