Proportions

7 is what percent of 56?

• 12.5%

• 7%

• 56%

• 800%

Which of the following proportions would you use to solve this problem?"5 is 10% of what number?"

Which of the following proportions would you use to solve this problem?

"What is 10% of 50?"

Which proportion represents the following word problem:
The movie theater has 250 seats. 225 seats were sold for the current showing. What percent of seats are sold?

Which proportion matches the following:

2 is 10% of what number?

Which proportion matches the following:

34% of what number is 51?

49 is 28% of what number?

Solve the proportion.

• k=5

• k=3.3333333

• k=60

• k=90

Solve for x 

• x = 16

• x = 28

• x = 1/26

• x = 26

Solve for x 

• x = 1/10

• x = 10

• x = 4

• x = 5