Quiz about Percent Proportions Equations and Percent of Change

Question 1

Determine if you are finding the part, percent, or whole:

What is 20% of 60?

Accepted Answer

Part

Answer

Percent

Answer

Whole

Question 2

Determine if you are finding the part, percent, or whole:

12 is 50% of what number?

Accepted Answer

Whole

Answer

Part

Answer

Percent

Question 3

Determine if you are finding part, whole or percent for the following word problem:

A Chicago Cubs baseball cap costs a total of $28. Michael has a coupon that will save him 25% of the price. How much will the coupon save him?

Accepted Answer

part

Answer

whole

Answer

percent

Question 4

What is 46% as a decimal?

Accepted Answer

0.46

Answer

0.046

Answer

4.6

Answer

460

Question 5

Write .506 as a percent.

Accepted Answer

50.6%

Answer

5.06%

Answer

506%

Answer

500.6%

Question 6

Which of the following represents the percent proportion?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{part\left(is\right)}{whole\ \left(of\right)}=\frac{\%}{100}$$

Answer

$$\frac{whole\left(of\right)}{part\left(is\right)}=\frac{\%}{100}$$

Answer

$$\frac{\%}{part\left(is\right)}=\frac{whole\left(of\right)}{100}$$

Answer

$$\frac{part\left(is\right)}{100}=\frac{\%}{whole\ \left(of\right)}$$

Question 7

Which proportion matches the following:

34% of what number is 51?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{51}{x}=\frac{34}{100}$$

Answer

$$\frac{34}{x}=\frac{51}{100}$$

Answer

$$\frac{34}{51}=\frac{x}{100}$$

Question 8

Which proportion matches the following:

What is 90% of 250?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{x}{250}=\frac{90}{100}$$

Answer

$$\frac{90}{250}=\frac{x}{100}$$

Answer

$$\frac{250}{x}=\frac{90}{100}$$

Question 9

Which proportion matches the following:

2 is 10% of what number?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{2}{x}=\frac{10}{100}$$

Answer

$$\frac{x}{2}=\frac{10}{100}$$

Answer

$$\frac{2}{10}=\frac{x}{100}$$

Question 10

Which proportion represents the following word problem:
The movie theater has 250 seats. 225 seats were sold for the current showing. What percent of seats are sold?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{225}{250}=\frac{x}{100}$$

Answer

$$\frac{225}{x}=\frac{250}{100}$$

Answer

$$\frac{x}{250}=\frac{225}{100}$$

Question 11

The percent equation is ________

Accepted Answer

$$part=percent\cdot whole$$

Answer

$$whole=part\ \cdot percent$$

Answer

$$whole=part\cdot percent$$

Question 12

Write an equation for the following:
Fifty is 15% of what number?

Accepted Answer

$$50=0.15\cdot x$$

Answer

$$50=15\cdot x$$

Answer

$$15=x\ \cdot50$$

Answer

$$x=0.15\cdot50$$

Question 13

Write an equation for the following:

Find 9% of $10,000.

Accepted Answer

$$x=0.09(10,000)$$

Answer

$$x=9\cdot10,000$$

Answer

$$9=x\cdot10,000$$

Answer

$$10,000=0.9\cdot x$$

Question 14

Write an equation for:
33 is what percent of 100?

Accepted Answer

$$33=x\cdot100$$

Answer

$$100=33\cdot x$$

Answer

$$x=0.33\cdot100$$

Question 15

Which equation matches the following:

3 is what percent of 600?

Accepted Answer

$$3=x\cdot600$$

Answer

$$x=3\cdot600$$

Answer

$$600\ =\ 3\cdot x$$

Answer

$$x=0.03\cdot600$$

Question 16

Use the percent proportion or percent equation to answer the following:

A person ate 2400 calories in a day. Of these, 36% came from fat. How many calories came from fat?

Accepted Answer

864

Answer

984

Answer

830

Answer

1142

Question 17

Use the percent proportion or percent equation to answer the following:

The hockey team won 63 out of the 84 games it played this year. What percent of the games did the team win?

Accepted Answer

75%

Answer

30%

Answer

67%

Answer

80%

Question 18

Use the percent proportion or percent equation to answer the following:

Sarah earns $20 in total, each day working after school. She spent 30% of her daily earnings on Monday. How much money did she spend on Monday?

Accepted Answer

$6

Answer

$1.40

Answer

$0.60

Answer

$14

Question 19

Use the percent proportion or percent equation to answer the following:

Shirley spelled 12 of her 16 spelling words correctly on the test. What percent grade did Shirley get on the test?

Accepted Answer

75%

Answer

70%

Answer

50%

Answer

60%

Question 20

Use the percent proportion or percent equation to answer the following:

Bill is in a class of 15 boys and 35 girls. 40% of the students in the class take the bus to school. How many students do not take the bus to school?

Accepted Answer

30

Answer

15

Answer

20

Answer

35

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