Review Percentages 11/2

Review Percentages

If the problem asks "What percent?" then set up the proportion with x/100.

x can be replace with any letter (variable)

Multiple Choice

Which of these is set up correctly for "30 is what percent of 600"?

Multiple Choice

Sally made 13 out of 25 3-point attempts. What percent did Sally make?

• 52%

• 19%

• 73%

• 39%

Multiple Choice

Ms. Basketball made 12 shots out of 16. What percentage of the shots did she make?

• 25%

• 75%

• 45%

• 12%

If the problem gives you the percentage, set up the proportion with the percentage over 100.

Then figure out if you need to find the PART or the WHOLE.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is set up correctly for

Find 40% of 85

Multiple Choice

Phil found that his bag of candy included 10 cherry, which was 40% of the entire bag. How many candies were in the whole bag?

• 60

• 40

• 25

• 33

Multiple Choice

Valerie answered 28 problems on her test correctly. If Valerie correctly answered 80% of the problems on the test, then how many problems were on the test?

• 22 problems

• 25 problems

• 35 problems

• 36 problems

When reading a word problem, ask yourself "Am I looking for the percent, the part or the whole?"

Multiple Choice

What is 20% of 145?

• $$\frac{20}{100}=\frac{145}{n}$$

• $$\frac{145}{100}=\frac{n}{20}$$

• $$\frac{20}{100}=\frac{n}{145}$$

• $$\frac{145}{100}=\frac{20}{n}$$

Multiple Choice

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

Multiple Choice

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%

Multiple Choice

30 is what percent of 40?

• 75%

• 50%

• 25%

• 100%

Multiple Choice

84 is 75% of what number?

• 96

• 130

• 12

• 112