1.
Convert percent to a decimal In Colorado, it snowed 30% of the days in a
(divide percent by 100 or move
decimal 2 places to the left)
2. Multiply by the given number
We use this strategy when we see the key
word of, or when we are looking for a
specific percent of something.
1. Best Buy has a TV on sale for 20% off of
the original cost. The TV costs $450.
What is discount on the TV? What is
the final price after the discount has
been applied?
3. The results of a survey show that 80%
of the 375 sixth graders prefer Netflix.
How many students prefer Netflix?
5. At Elkins Pointe, 70% of the teachers
prefer Amazon gift cards. There are
110 teachers. How many prefer
Amazon gift cards?
Winter season that is 90 days long. How
many days did it snow?
30% = 0.30
0.30 x 90 days = 27 days
It snowed 27 days of the winter season. This
means it did not snow 63 days (you can find
this by doing 90 – 27)
2. At Elkins Pointe, 70% of the 1100
students are Atlanta Falcons fans.
How many students are Falcons fans?
4. There are 50 rides at the Georgia
State Fair. Maggie rode 65% of the
rides. How many rides did Maggie go
on?
6. In Seattle, it rains 85% of the days in a
year. How many days does it rain
each year?
 1. Create a ratio table with percent and
given information (cost, cans, t-shirts,
etc.)
2. Put 10%, given %, and 100% in the table
3. Multiply and Divide to fill out remaining
pieces of table.
You will see this type of problem when you
are looking for the total or the entire amount.
The total or the entire amount is 100%.
1. Amy saved $18 which is 30% of the
money she earned. How much money
did she earn?
3. Goodwill sold 90% of the books that
were donated. They sold 162 books.
How many books were donated to
Goodwill?
5. Ms. Rankin has completed 5 discussion
posts for her college class. This is 10% of
the discussion posts for the semester.
How many discussion posts will she
complete this semester?
Ms. Rankin traveled 124 miles which is 40% of
her drive to Jacksonville, Florida. How many
more miles does she need to drive to get to
Jacksonville?
% 10 40 100
Miles 31 124 310
Jacksonville is 310 miles away. Ms. Rankin has
already driven 124 miles though, so she needs
to drive 186 more miles (310 – 124 = 186)
2. Kelly received 270 votes in an election
for student council president. That is
20% of the students who voted. How
many students voted in the election?
4. Bonnie spends $96 on her vacation. This
is 30% of the money she brought on
vacation with her. How much money
did she bring on vacation?
6. Students collected 120 boxes of cereal
for the food bank. This was 80% of their
goal. How many more boxes of cereal
do they need to collect to reach their
goal?