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Percents and Proportions
- Percent represents a part of a whole. Remember to ask yourself if your answer makes sense. For example 50% of 120 means half of 120; 150% of 120 means over 120, in fact 120 plus an additional half.
- You can use a proportion to solve a percent problem. Set a ratio equal to an unknown out of 100.
- The number that follows the word “of” is the denominator.
Find 45% of 82.
- [x/82] = [45/100]
- 100x = 45 ×82
- 100x = 3690
- x = 3690 ÷100
x = 36.9
Find 60% of 29.
- 0.60 ×29 =
17.4
Find 48% of 102.
- [48/100] = [x/102]
- 100x = 8 ×102
- 100x = 4896
- x = 4896 ÷100
x = 48.96
What percent of 1030 is 845 to the nearest hundredth?
- [1030/845] =
- 1.2189 ×100% =
121.89%
What percent of 87 is 194 to the nearest hundredth?
- [87/194] =
- 0.4485 ×100%
44.85%
To the nearest hundredth, 10 is 45% of what number?
- [10/x] = [45/100]
- 45x = 1,000
x = 22.22
To the nearest hundredth, 94 is 85% of what number?
- [94/x] = [85/100]
- 85x = 9,400
x = 110.59
There are 800 students in the astronomy class at a university. This makes up 20% of the students at the school. How many students are at the university?
- [800/x] = [20/100]
- 17x = 80,000
x = 4000 students
Veronica used 75 feet of her roll of fabric. There is still 85% left of the roll. To the nearest hundredth, how long was the roll of fabric before Veronica used it?
- [75/x] = [85/100]
- 85x = 7,500
x = 88.24 feet
California is 163,969 square miles, which is about 4.3% the size of the United States. To the nearest square mile, how big is the United States?
- [163,696/x] = [4.3/100]
- 4.3x = 16,369,600
x = 3,806,883 square miles
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Percents and Proportions
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- Intro
- What You'll Learn and Why
- Vocabulary
- Finding Part of a Whole
- Finding Part of a Whole, cont.
- Finding the Whole Amount
- Finding the Whole Amount, cont.
- Finding a Percent
- Finding a Percent, cont.
- Extra Example 1: Find 8% of 48
- Extra Example 2: 9 is 25% of What Number?
- Extra Example 3: How Many Students are in the Class?
- Extra Example 4: 66 is What Percent of 55?






























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