Exploring Percent Proportions and Equations

What is the decimal equivalent of 1/2?

• 0.2

• 0.5

• 0.75

• 1.0

How do you convert a decimal to a percentage?

• Move the decimal point two places to the left

• Move the decimal point one place to the right

• Move the decimal point one place to the left

• Move the decimal point two places to the right

What is the percentage equivalent of 0.5?

• 50%

• 500%

• 5%

• 0.5%

If 246 out of 300 students attended a dance, what percentage of students attended?

• 82%

• 75%

• 50%

• 100%

How do you solve a proportion problem involving percentages?

• Multiply all numbers together

• Subtract the smaller number from the larger number

• Cross multiply and divide by the remaining number

• Add the numbers and divide by 2

A farmer sold 32 pounds out of his 96-pound potato crop. What percentage of the crop did he sell?

• 25%

• 33.3%

• 50%

• 66.7%

If 15% of 460 tickets sold are child tickets, how many child tickets were sold?

• 60

• 46

• 75

• 69

If 480 female students represent 64% of the student body, how many students are enrolled in total?

• 750

• 800

• 600

• 500

Trisha scored 56% on her science test by getting 14 questions correct. How many questions were on the test?

• 35

• 20

• 25

• 30

If Jed's music store has 500 instruments in total and 65 of them are string instruments, what percentage of the store's inventory are string instruments?

• 15%

• 13%

• 10%

• 20%