Understanding Percentages

Understanding Percentages

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

6th - 7th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Jennifer Brown

FREE Resource

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the first step in expressing one number as a percentage of another?

Add the numbers together

Multiply the numbers by 100

Express the numbers as a fraction

Convert the numbers to decimals

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do you simplify the fraction 15/25 before converting it to a percentage?

Subtract 5 from both numerator and denominator

Divide both numerator and denominator by 5

Multiply both numerator and denominator by 2

Add 10 to both numerator and denominator

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the percentage of 15 out of 25?

50%

60%

70%

80%

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When expressing 240 grams as a percentage of 320 grams, what is the resulting percentage?

80%

65%

75%

70%

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is it unnecessary to consider units when calculating percentages?

Units are only important in addition

Units are irrelevant in mathematics

Units cancel out in the fraction

Units are always the same

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How can you simplify the fraction 0.3/1.5 before converting it to a percentage?

Add 1 to both

Multiply both by 10

Subtract 0.5 from both

Divide both by 10

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the percentage of 0.3 out of 1.5?

25%

30%

20%

15%

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