Percent Proportion and Equation

Amanda is making a special craft for her friends. She has 70 inches of ribbon. If she needs 54% of the ribbon for her craft, how much ribbon does she need?

• $0.77\ inches$

• $16\ inches$

• $37.8\ inches$

• $129.6\ inches$

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Dan earned 18 out of 25 points on his math quiz. What percent of the questions did Dan get correct?

• $7\%$

• $18\%$

• $64\%$

• $72\%$

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

"What is 10% of 50?"

• $\frac{50}{100}=\frac{10}{x}$

• $\frac{10}{100}=\frac{50}{x}$

• $\frac{10}{100}=\frac{x}{50}$

• $\frac{x}{100}=\frac{10}{50}$

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

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

"5 is 10% of what number?"

•  $\frac{5}{100}=\frac{10}{x}$ 

•  $\frac{10}{100}=\frac{5}{x}$ 

•  $\frac{10}{100}=\frac{x}{5}$ 

•  $\frac{x}{100}=\frac{10}{5}$ 

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2C

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

• 20%
• 40%
• 60%
• 80%

In the United States, 13 out of every 20 cans are recycled. What percent of cans are recycled?

• 55%

• 63%

• 65%

• 85%

 Shirley spelled 12 of her 15 spelling words correctly on the test.  What percent grade did Shirley get on the test?

• 40%
• 50%
• 80%
• 60%

At a shelter, 15% of the dogs are puppies. If there are 60 dogs at the shelter, how many are puppies?

• 400
• 25
• 9
• 42

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Landon has 200 songs downloaded on his phone. Of these songs, 24 are country songs. What percent of Landon's songs are country?

• 48%

• 12%

• 8%

• 36%

During lunch today, a number of 7^th grade students were asked to name their favorite city. The results are shown in the table to the right. What percent chose New York City as their favorite?

• 8%

• 17.5%

• 21.5%

• 33%

• 14.5%