Warm-up

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

1. What is 35% of 160?

2. What percent of 450 is 36?

3. 32 is 80% of what number?

4. What is 0.03% of 260,000?

5. What percent of 50 is 75?

4-3 Proportions and Percent
Equations
Objective: To write and solve percent
equations
Important Information to
Remember!
To change a percent to a decimal, move
the decimal point two places to the left
28●% = 0●28

To change a decimal to a percent, move

the decimal point two places to the right

0●28 = 28 %
You can also solve a percent problem by
translating the words into an equation.
What percent of 170 is 68?
What are you is means =
asked to find?
Define the
Let k = decimal form of percent
variable
170k  68
Write the k  170  68
equation 170k 68

Solve for k 170 170
k  0.4
k  40%
Now you try…
A. What is 85% of 320? B. 393 is 60% of what
number?
Estimating Percents Using Fractions
Percent 5% 10% 20% 25%

Fraction 1 1 1 1
20 10 5 4
Percent 33.3% 40% 50% 60%
1 2 1 3
Fraction
3 5 2 5
Percent 66.6% 75% 80% 90%
2 3 4 9
Fraction
3 4 5 10
Homework
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 Ticket to Leave
The formula for simple interest is I = prt, where
I is the interest, p is the principal, r is the interest
rate per year, and t is the time in years.
1.You invest $550 for three years. Find the amount
of simple interest you earn with an annual interest rate
of 4.5%.
2.Suppose you invested $900 for two years. You
earned $67.50 in simple interest. What was the annual
rate of interest?
3.You invest $812 with an annual interest rate of
6.5%. You earned $316.68 in simple interest. How
many years was the money invested?