Percent Equation Part Whole

Rewrite the percent as a decimal:

5.5%

• 5.5

• .55

• 55

• 0.055

A complete set of Harry Potter books is on sale for 30% off. If the set is normally $40.00, how much is the set after the discount?

• $12.00

• $28.00

• $10.00

• $133.33

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?

• 984

• 830

• 1142

• 864

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?

• 30%

• 67%

• 75%

• 80%

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

What is 20% of 60?

• Part

• Percent

• Whole

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

12 is 50% of what number?

• Part

• Percent

• Whole

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?

• part

• whole

• percent

What is 46% as a decimal?

• 0.046

• 4.6

• 0.46

• 460

Write .506 as a percent.

• 5.06%

• 506%

• 50.6%

• 500.6%

Which proportion matches the following:

34% of what number is 51?