Quantity Equals Percent x Whole

When finding the percent "of" a quantity, the signal word of indicates you perform which operation?

• addition

• multiplication 

• subtraction

• division

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

When finding 25% of 300, what should you do first?

• change 25% to its decimal or fraction equivalent

• multiply 25% by 200

• divide 25 by 300

• none of the above

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

75 students received a coupon. These students represent 5% of the total students at Seven Lakes JH. How many total students attend Seven Lakes JH?

• 1,600 students

• 1,000 students

• 1,500 students

• 1,200 students

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

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?

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

What is the percent of the shaded region in the figure? (Hint: It might help to write as a fraction first)

• 60%

• 12%

• 40%

• 8%

What Percent of the image is shaded?

• 3%

• 30%

• 33%

• 300%

Write a percent to represent the shaded portion of the model. (Hint: you might write it as a fraction first)

• 16%

• 42%

• 64%

• 80%

A painter has finished painting 45% of a really long fence. If she has painted 90 feet so far, how long is the entire fence?

• 80 ft

• 200 ft

• 80 ft

• 300 ft

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

What percent of the image is shaded?

• 3%

• 37.5%

• 30%

• 62.5%

There were 160 people in a school cafeteria. Fifty percent of them had pizza and the rest had chicken. How many students had chicken?

• 180

• 160

• 130

• 80

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C