TASK
Use the percent equation to answer the question. 8. What number is 20% of 45? 9. What number is 10% of 56?
1. What percent of 500 is
2. 12. 9 is 0.03% of what number?
3. 90 is 120% of what number?
4. What percent of 80 is 212?
5. What percent of 200 is 1?
6. 10.5 is 30% of what number?
7. What percent of 90 is 72?
8. What number is 150% of 96?
9. A music collector has 1200 CDs, and 65% of them were produced after 1990. How many of the CDs were produced after 1990?
10.Your class surveyed 560 students and asked what kind of community service activity they prefer. Of the students surveyed, 25% chose recycling. How many students chose recycling?
11. Televisions A salesperson earns a 4% commission on the sales of televisions. If the salesperson’s television sales total $7000, how much is the commission?
12. Survey A school newspaper says that 3 students, or 6% of the students surveyed, can wiggle their ears. How many students were surveyed?
13. Bake Sale At a club bake sale, cookies cost $.40 each and cupcakes cost $.65 each. The club sells 65 cookies and 60 cupcakes.
a. How much money was made from selling cookies? cupcakes?
b. What percent of the money made came from sales of cookies?
c. What percent of the baked goods sold were cookies? Why is this percent not the same as the percent you found in part (b)?
