SEA - PERCENT Solutions

1. Express as a fraction in its lowest terms:

85 17
(a) 85% = 100
= 20

38 19
(b) 38% = 100
= 50

26 13
(c) 26% = 100
= 50

6.25 625 25 1
(d) 6. 25% = 100
= 10 000
= 400
= 16

7.5 75 3
(e) 7. 5% = 100
= 1000
= 40

42.5 425 17
(f) 42. 5% = 100
= 1000
= 40

14
2. (a) What is 14% of 50? 100
× 50 = 7
125
(b) What is 125% of 60? 100
× 60 = 75
37.5 3
(c) What is 37. 5% of 72? 100
× 72 = 8
× 72 = 27

3. Change the following to a decimal:

(a) 67% = 0. 67 (b) 5. 5% = 0. 055 (c) 83. 2% = 0. 832

4. Change to a percent:
2 100 5 100 125 1
(a) 5
× 1
= 40% (b) 8
× 1
= 2
= 62 2
%
7 100
(c) 20
× 1
= 35%

5. (a) What percent of 250 is 25?

25 100
250
× 1
= 10%

(b) 15 is what percent of 90?

 15 100 50 2
90
× 1
= 3
= 16 3
%

(c) Joe had 75 mangoes. He sold 24 of them.

(a) What percent of the total mangoes did he sell?
24 100
75
× 1
= 32%

(b) What percent of the total mangoes is he left with?

100% − 32% = 68%