WorksheetsUnderstanding and applying percentages of quantities
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 24mins
What are you trying to find? 25 is what percent of 150?
Part
Percent
whole
There are 32 students in a class. Nine of those students are girls. What percent are boys? (READ CAREFULLY FOR WHAT YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO FIND, and round to the nearest tenth)
71.9%
73.5%
32%
32.9%
I can find the percent of a number.
Jerilyn made 40 treats for her birthday. She gave 4 away to her family before taking the rest to school. What percent did she give away to her family?
(a)
What percent of 50 is 35?
17.5%
70%
7%
.7%
What percent of 60 is 12?
15%
20%
25%
30%
What percent of 55 is 11?
(a)
Buckbeak eats 84 of the 120 pumpkins that Hagrid has in his garden. What percent of the pumpkins did Buckbeak eat?
20%
25%
40%
70%
16 is what percent of 76?
21.2%
21%
21.1%
100 pupils entered a drawing competiton. 58 of them were girls. What percentage of the pupils who entered the competition were girls?
58%
58
100
5.8%
_% of 60 is 54
(a)
Which number is the part?
25 is what percent of 250?
?
25
250
Robin gave a $2.60 tip to a waitress for serving a meal costing $13.00. What percent of the bill was her tip?
13%
15%
20%
10%
What percent of 45 is 5?
Set a proportion and cross multiply.
11.11%
10%
12.8%
13.4%
The football team has a total of 800 jerseys. There are 6 medium-sized jerseys. What percent of the jerseys are medium-sized jerseys?
0.75%
7.5%
75%
0.075%
What percentage of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving?
88%
93%
100%
What percent of 45 is 18?
40%
41%
42%
Which of the following equations is the correct translation of the following sentence:
"73 is what percent of 125"?
0.73(125)=x
73(125)=x
73=x(1.25)
73=x(125)
Ms. Smith bought a box of 10 cupcakes. She ate 30% of the cupcakes. How many did she eat?
**What is your PERCENT? (percent of cupcakes eaten)**
10030=?10
10030=10?
10010=?30
10010=30?
