Finding Part and Whole of the Percent

60% of the animals at a pet shop are dogs. If there are 42 dogs at the shop, then how many animals are there altogether?

If a car’s gas tank has 15 gallons of gas in it, and the gauge says the tank is 75% full, then how many gallons can the entire tank hold?

A fruit stand’s most popular fruit is strawberries, which account for 35% of their total sales. If they usually sell $70 worth of strawberries each day, what would their usual daily income be?

A mountain climber has made it 80% of the way up a mountain. If they have climbed to an altitude of 3,200 meters so far, how tall is the mountain?

26 is 5% of what number?

• 1.3

• 2.5

• 25.95

• 520

What are we missing?

• PART

• WHOLE

• PERCENT

The ratio used to find percent is...

• part/whole = %/100

• part/whole = 100 / %

• whole/part= %/ 100

26 is 5% of what number?

• 520%

• 26%

• 5

• 520

75% of what number is 48?

• 48

• 100

• 64

• 75

112 minutes is 76% of what number?

• 76

• part

• x

• whole

• 112

• percent