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Find what percent one number is of another: word problems
An arborist examined trees in an orchard to see if they were infected with a virus.
42
42
42
out of
84
84
84
trees were infected with the virus. What percentage of the trees were infected?
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A biology class examined some flowers in a local meadow. Out of the
72
72
72
flowers they saw,
54
54
54
were perennials. What percentage of the flowers were perennials?
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At an amusement park,
35
35
35
out of
70
70
70
tickets sold were discount tickets. What percentage of the tickets were discount tickets?
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Belle ordered a set of beads. She received
44
44
44
beads in all.
11
11
11
of the beads were orange. What percentage of the beads were orange?
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Tessa brought chocolate and vanilla cupcakes to school for her birthday.
60
60
60
students decided to take a cupcake, and
45
45
45
of them picked vanilla. What percentage of the students picked a vanilla cupcake?
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Brandon's Diner offers its clients a choice of regular and diet soda. Last night, the diner served
16
16
16
sodas in all,
8
8
8
of which were regular. What percentage of the sodas were regular?
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24
24
24
out of the
96
96
96
employees at the sports shop are part-time employees. What percentage of the employees at the sports shop work part-time?
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At the sewing store, Kimi bought a bag of mixed buttons. She got
64
64
64
buttons in all.
48
48
48
of the buttons were large. What percentage of the buttons were large?
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For a company picnic, Dustin ordered a box of fresh-baked gingerbread cookies and sugar cookies. He got
92
92
92
cookies in all.
46
46
46
of the cookies were gingerbread. What percentage of the cookies were gingerbread?
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To celebrate the first day of school, Kathleen brought in a tray of caramel brownies and walnut brownies. She brought
28
28
28
brownies in all.
14
14
14
of the brownies were caramel. What percentage of the brownies were caramel?
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Jonathan's Tea Shop has caffeinated tea and decaffeinated tea. The tea shop served
64
64
64
teas in all,
16
16
16
of which were caffeinated. What percentage of the teas were caffeinated?
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Eva volunteers at the community center. Today, she is helping them get ready for the Fire Safety Festival by blowing up balloons from a big box of uninflated balloons in a variety of colors. Eva randomly selects balloons from the box. So far, she has inflated
2
2
2
purple,
6
6
6
yellow,
3
3
3
green,
1
1
1
blue, and
4
4
4
red balloons.
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Based on the data, what is the probability that the next balloon Eva inflates will be yellow?
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At a water park,
18
18
18
out of
72
72
72
tickets sold were child tickets. What percentage of the tickets were child tickets?
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%
\%
%
).
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A biology class examined some flowers in a local meadow. Out of the
68
68
68
flowers they saw,
17
17
17
were perennials. What percentage of the flowers were perennials?
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%
\%
%
).
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In order to select new board members, the French club held an election.
21
21
21
out of the
28
28
28
members of the French club voted in the election. What percentage of the members voted?
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%
\%
%
).
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Last Wednesday, students could choose ham or turkey sandwiches for lunch. The cafeteria made
56
56
56
sandwiches in all,
14
14
14
of which were turkey. What percentage of the sandwiches were turkey sandwiches?
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%
\%
%
).
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A biology class examined some flowers in a local meadow. Out of the
54
54
54
flowers they saw,
54
54
54
were perennials. What percentage of the flowers were perennials?
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36
36
36
out of the
48
48
48
people in a company meeting were managers. What percentage of the meeting attendees were managers?
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Avery's Tea Shop has caffeinated tea and decaffeinated tea. The tea shop served
15
15
15
teas in all,
6
6
6
of which were caffeinated. What percentage of the teas were caffeinated?
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At an amusement park,
42
42
42
out of
84
84
84
tickets sold were discount tickets. What percentage of the tickets were discount tickets?
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Tori's Tea Shop has caffeinated tea and decaffeinated tea. The tea shop served
25
25
25
teas in all,
10
10
10
of which were caffeinated. What percentage of the teas were caffeinated?
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An estimated
3
3
3
out of every
25
25
25
men are left-handed. What percent of men are left-handed?
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%
\%
%
symbol when entering your answer. For example, if the answer is
11
%
11\%
11%
, enter
11
11
11
.)
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An estimated
3
3
3
out of every
25
25
25
men are left-handed. What percent of men are left-handed?
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(Ignore the
%
\%
%
symbol when entering your answer. For example, if the answer is
11
%
11 \%
11%
, enter
11
11
11
.)
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Sergio has
p
p
p
paintings in his art collection. He and other local painting collectors agreed to donate a total of
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48
48
paintings to the local museum. Each of the
12
12
12
collectors will donate the same number of paintings.
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How many paintings will Sergio have in his art collection after his donation?
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Write your answer as an expression.
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paintings
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A blood bank needs
12
12
12
people to help with a blood drive.
19
19
19
people have volunteered. Find how many different groups of
12
12
12
can be formed from the
19
19
19
volunteers.
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Answer:
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Write the answer in proper scientific notation:
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(
0.06
×
1
0
−
4
)
3
(0.06 \times 10^{-4})^{3}
(
0.06
×
1
0
−
4
)
3
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