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Using Proportions to Solve Percent Problems Formula Example: 55% what number is 4?

Questions to consider: What goes with is? What goes with of? What is the part? What is the whole?

Examples: (1) 24% of 300 is what number?

(2) 45 is 60% of what number?

(3) What percent of 140 is 3.5?

(4) What percent of $4000 is $64?

(5) 320% of 60 is what number?

(6) 12 is 75% of what number?

3.5.2014 (7) 6 is what percent of 8?

Name:____________________________________ (8) 45 is 60% of what number?

(9) Find 150% of 30

(10) What is 12.5% of 400?

(11) What percent of 60 is 75?

(12) Find 7/8 of 20.6

3.5.2014 (13) Mike now earns $9.50 per hour. This is 125% of what he earned last year. What did he earn per hour last year?

Name:____________________________________ (14) The Chips Ahoy! Cookie Company has discovered that 36 out of 400 chocolate chip cookies do not contain enough chocolate chips. What percent of the chocolate chip cookies of not have enough chips?

(15) In a survey taken by the Department of Agriculture of 450 people, 74% admitted that they hated Brussels sprouts. How many people in this survey did not care for this vegetable?

(16) Peter and Judy together earn $5060 per month. Their mortgage payment is $1265 per month. What percentage of their household income goes toward paying the mortgage?

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For 11-12, draw a diagram to model the proportion. Then, write a proportion to solve the problem.

Use the diagram to model the problem. Then, write a proportion to solve the problem