Missing Whole Percents

A percent is a part-to-whole ratio with a whole of 100. You can write 25% as 25:100 or 25/100​​. Select the correct numbers to complete the sentences.

Caleb gets 20 cents from every dollar, which is 100 cents. The ratio of his earnings is ​ (a)   which is ​ (b)    

Tillie gets 30 cents from every dollar. The ratio of her earnings is ​ (c)   which is ​ (d)  

• 20:100

• 20%

• 30:100

• 30%

26 is 5% of what number?

• 3

• 5

• 25.95

• 520

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Lily, James, and Anika are painting a mural. If the mural is considered as a whole, what percent of the mural has been painted by Anika?

• 1%

• 5%

• 20%

• 80%

Percents are always out of what number?

• 1

• 10

• 50

• 100

Aiden, Benjamin, and Henry are discussing their grades. Aiden got 0.72 on his math test. If this score was converted to a percentage, what would it be?

• 7.2%

• 27%

• 2.7%

• 72%

William, Michael, and Anika are painting a large grid for their school project. If red color covers a certain percentage of the grid, can you tell what percent of the grid is red?

• 47%

• 53%

• 57%

• 43%

Write a proportion and solve:
Eight is what percent of 64?

• 12.5%

• 8%

• 800%

Write a proportion and solve:
Thirty is 20% of what number?

• 150

• 6

• 143

• 18

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

There are 35 boys out for football. This is about 5% of the total enrollment. How many total kids are in the school?

• 30

• 350

• 700

• 1235

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Which of these proportional equations would you use to find the missing pieces of a percent problem, using the words "Part and Whole"?

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2C