Solving Percent Proportion

Use a proportion or equation to solve the following:

72 is what percent of 45?

What is the part?

• 14

• 25 or 0.25

• 56

What is the whole?

• 14

• 25 or 0.25

• 56

Use a proportion or equation to solve the following:

What percent of 25 is 12?

• 300%

• 48%

• 25%

• 12%

Use a proportion or equation to solve the following:

What number is 50% of 150?

Use a proportion or equation to solve the following:

150% of what number is 24?

Out of 140 seventh graders, 15% earned the Presidential Physical Fitness Award. How many students earned the award?

15 is 60% of what number?

• 75

• 25

• 45

• 9

21 is 30% of what number?

• 70

• 6.3

• 51

• 9

What percent of 50 is 35?

• 17.5%

• 70%

• 7%

• .7%