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Convert each percent to a fraction 1. 35% 2. 46% 3. 24% What is the rule for converting a percent to a fraction?

Estimate each of the following using: 25% of 20? 10% of 30? 30/40 is what %? 1/12 is what %? Now calculate each of the following: 25% of 20? 10% of 30? 30/40 is what %? 1/12 is what %? How could we solve percent problems using proportions?

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Key Words Percent: _________________________________________________________

Part: ____________________________________________________________

Whole: __________________________________________________________ Examples: 1. How much TV do you watch during finals week? How much TV did you watch last week? What is the percent increase?

2. What number is 70% of 45?

3. 23% of 75 is what number?

4. What percent of 77 is 7?

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5. 18% of what number is 43?

6. What percent of 752 is 25?

7. The bee hummingbird is the smallest bird. It can weigh as little as 2 grams. The largest bird, the ostrich, can weigh as much as 150 kilograms. What percent of the weight of a bee hummingbird is the weight of an ostrich?

8. The U.S. Postal Service handles 170,000,000,000 pieces of mail each year. This is 40% of the worlds total. How many pieces of mail are sent each year?

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9. The weight of a nickel is 80% of the weight of a quarter.

a. If a nickel weighs 5 grams, how much does a quarter weigh?

b. A dime weighs 50% as much as a nickel does. What is the weight of a dime?

10.A bike is on sale for $170. This is 80% of the regular price. Find the regular price.

11.During a flu epidemic, 146 students out of the 680 who attend Lincoln Middle School were absent. What percent were absent?

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Using proportions to solve percent problems Using proportions to solve tax and interest problems

Percent: the number with the percent sign (%) Part: the number with the word is Whole: the number with the word of