Represent Percent

Write a percent to represent the shaded portion of the model.

• 16%

• 42%

• 64%

• 80%

A garden has 10 tulips, 4 rose bushes and 6 sunflowers. What percent of the garden is tulips? 

• 10%

• 20%

• 100%

• 50%

A team wins 17 out of 25 games. What percent of their games did they win?

 

• 68%

• 75%

• 86%

• 42%

Which model is shaded to represent 23%?

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Answer explanation

23 squares are shaded in the model. There are 100 total squares in the model. The fraction of the model shaded is 23/100. A percent, or percentage, is a special fraction that always has 100 as the denominator. Because the bottom of a percent is always 100, we don’t even write it. We remove the 100 and put a % instead. 23/100 = 23%.

Which shaded model does NOT represent 13%?

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Answer explanation

12 squares are shaded in the model. There are 100 total squares in the model. The fraction of the model shaded is 12/100. A percent, or percentage, is a special fraction that always has 100 as the denominator. Because the bottom of a percent is always 100, we don’t even write it. We remove the 100 and put a % instead. 12/100 = 12%.

What percentage of the model is shaded?

• .1%

• 1%

• 10%

• 100%

Answer explanation

100 squares are shaded in the model. There are 100 total squares in the model. The fraction of the model shaded is 100/100. A percent, or percentage, is a special fraction that always has 100 as the denominator. Because the bottom of a percent is always 100, we don’t even write it. We remove the 100 and put a % instead. 100/100 = 100%.

The shaded area on the grid represents the number of questions a student got correct on a test. Each small square equals 1 test question. What percentage of the questions did the student get correct on the test?

• 11%

• 88%

• 89%

• 79%

Answer explanation

89 squares are shaded in the model. There are 100 total squares in the model. The fraction of the model shaded is 89/100. A percent, or percentage, is a special fraction that always has 100 as the denominator. Because the bottom of a percent is always 100, we don’t even write it. We remove the 100 and put a % instead. 89/100 = 89%.

What is 2/5 as a percent? 

• 40%

• .40

• 25%

• 50%

• 220%

• 22%

• 50%

• 55%

• True

• False