Exploring Percent Proportions

What is a ratio?

• A whole number

• A relationship between two amounts

• A part for every 100

• A type of fraction

How is a percent similar to a ratio?

• It is a relationship between three amounts

• It is a whole number

• It is a part for every 100

• It is a type of fraction

What do we call two ratios that are equal to one another?

• Equivalent ratios

• Proportional ratios

• Identical ratios

• Similar ratios

In a percent proportion problem, what does a ratio compare?

• Part of a quantity to the whole quantity

• Two whole quantities

• Two parts of a quantity

• A quantity to a fraction

What is a common strategy used to solve percent proportion problems?

• Cross multiplication

• Addition and subtraction

• Graphing

• Using a calculator

In the problem 'What is 10 percent of 90?', what is the missing part?

• 9

• 10

• 90

• 100

In the problem '9 is 10 percent of what?', what is the whole?

• 90

• 9

• 10

• 100

In the problem '9 is what percent of 90?', what is the percent?

• 9

• 10

• 90

• 100

What is 15 is 50 percent of?

• 100

• 30

• 15

• 50

What is 17 is 30 percent of?

• 100

• 56.7

• 30

• 17