Quiz about Percent and Percent Proportion

Question 1

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 2

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 3

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 4

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

Question 5

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

What is 20% of 60?

Accepted Answer

Part

Answer

Percent

Answer

Whole

Question 6

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

12 is 50% of what number?

Accepted Answer

Whole

Answer

Part

Answer

Percent

Question 7

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 8

What is 46% as a decimal?

Accepted Answer

0.46

Answer

0.046

Answer

4.6

Answer

460

Question 9

Write .506 as a percent.

Accepted Answer

50.6%

Answer

5.06%

Answer

506%

Answer

500.6%

Question 10

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 11

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 12

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 13

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 14

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 15

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

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

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