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Example Question #21 : How To Find The Part From The Whole With Percentage
Solve for .
Use a proportion to solve the problem.
Cross multiply
Example Question #12 : How To Work With Percentages
To get on the ballot for student body president, a student must turn in a petition with the signatures of 4% of the students. If there are 3,268 students, how many signatures must a student get to be on that ballot? (Round to the nearest whole person.)
4% of 3,268 can be calculated by multiplying 3,268 by 0.04, the decimal equivalent of 4%:
Multiply 3,268 by 4, then move the decimal point two places to the right:
,
so
Rounded to the nearest whole number - 131 signatures.
Example Question #11 : Percentages
Sally painted 11 pictures on Monday, 7 pictures on Wednesday, and 3 pictures on Friday. On average, how many pictures did Sally paint on those 3 days?
To solve, first find the total number of pictures painted:
Then, divide the total number of pictures by the total number of days to find the average.
Sally painted an average of 7 pictures per day.
Example Question #21 : How To Find The Part From The Whole With Percentage
200 percent of what number is equal to the difference between 75 and 25?
We must first start by finding the difference between and
:
Next find the decimal equivalent of %, which is done by dividing by
:
Now we divide by
.
Our final answer is , because when it is multiplied by
%, it equals the difference between
and
.
Example Question #22 : How To Find The Part From The Whole With Percentage
Solve:
Example Question #1 : Use Proportional Relationships To Solve Multistep Ratio And Percent Problems: Ccss.Math.Content.7.Rp.A.3
What is the sale price of a game if it is % off the original price of
?
First, multiply:
Then subtract that amount from the original price:
Answer: The sale price is .
Example Question #541 : Arithmetic
What is the sale price of a carton of milk if it is % off the original price of
?
First, multiply:
Then subtract that amount from the original price:
Answer: The sale price is .
Example Question #5 : Use Proportional Relationships To Solve Multistep Ratio And Percent Problems: Ccss.Math.Content.7.Rp.A.3
What is the sale price of a pair of shoes if it is % off the original price of
?
First, multiply:
Then subtract that amount from the original price:
Answer: The sale price is .
Example Question #21 : How To Find The Part From The Whole With Percentage
Find the equivalent of %.
Divide:
Answer:
Example Question #22 : How To Find The Part From The Whole With Percentage
Find the equivalent of %.
Divide:
Answer:
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