Percents And Probability Worksheet With Answers - Lesson 12-19 Page 28

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use a proportion to solve. round your answer to the nearest tenth if necessary.
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What is 75% of 4?
One is 4% of what number?
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What percent of 300 is 30?
What is 60% of 555?
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What percent of 45 is 15?
Six is 10% of what number?
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What is 25% of 2,784?
What percent of 30 is 24?
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What is 125% of 60?
Sixty is what percent of 30?
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Sandra and Shelly each solved the percent problem a different way. Who is correct? Explain.
Problem: What is 125% of 40?
sandra’s Work
shelly’s Work
125
= 40 __
125
= x __
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100
100
40
x
125x = 4000
100x = 5000
x = 32
x = 50
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Arnold surveyed 60 band members about their favorite class other than band. The
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results are shown in the pie chart. Find the percent of students who favor each class.
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Emily has a collection of soccer balls. Twelve of her soccer balls are pink. These
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make up 40% of her collection. How many soccer balls are in Emily’s collection?
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The state of Oregon is 97,060 square miles. Find the
percent of area covered by each of the counties below.
Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.
Harney: 10,228 square miles
Klamath: 6,135 square miles
Hood River: 533 square miles
Multnomah: 465 square miles
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The Willamette River is about 25% as long as the Columbia River. The Willamette River is 309 miles long.
Find the length of the Columbia River.
I do homework right after school
25%
I do homework right before going to bed 10%
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Lola interviewed 40 people about their homework habits.
I do homework at school
40%
She recorded the data as shown. Use the percents to find
I don’t do homework
15%
how many students responded in each category.
Other
10%
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When eating at a restaurant, it is common courtesy to leave a 15% tip.
Find the tip to leave for each bill.
a. $12.00
b. $56.00
c. $15.40
d. $18.60
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Lesson 16 ~ Solving Percents Using Proportions

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