Quiz about Percent Proportions

Question 1

Which of the following proportions would you use to solve this problem?

"What is 10% of 50?"

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{10}{100}=\frac{x}{50}$$

Answer

$$\frac{50}{100}=\frac{10}{x}$$

Answer

$$\frac{10}{100}=\frac{50}{x}$$

Answer

$$\frac{x}{100}=\frac{10}{50}$$

Question 2

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 3

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 4

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 5

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 6

The movie theater has 250 seats. 225 seats were sold for the current showing. What percent of seats are empty?

Accepted Answer

10%

Answer

20%

Answer

80%

Answer

90%

Question 7

What is 90% of 130 inches?

Accepted Answer

117 inches

Answer

120 inches

Answer

118 inches

Answer

115 inches

Question 8

Joe and Pete surveyed a group of students and found that 20% like Takis. If 60 students like Takis, how many did they survey?

Accepted Answer

300

Answer

240

Answer

60

Answer

600

Question 9

What percent of 38 is 15?

Accepted Answer

39.5%

Answer

41.5%

Answer

42.6%

Answer

38.9%

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