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3.06 Proportional reasoning with percents

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Proportional reasoning with percents
1

Translate the following percent statements to a proportion without solving or simplifying the proportion:

a

46 is 50\% of 92.

b

40\% of 60 is 24.

c

21 out of 84 is 25\%.

d

56 out of 80 is 70\%.

e

75\% of 120 is 90.

f

20\% of 225 is 45.

g

567 out of 630 is 90\%.

h

3816 out of 4770 is 80\%.

2

Translate the following percent statements to a proportion without solving or simplifying the proportion:

a

60\% of x is 144.

b

x\% of 92 is 23.

c

40\% of 20 is x.

d

50\% of x is 57.

e

x\% of 770 is 231.

f

95\% of 160 is x.

g

x\% of 180 is 63.

h

45\% of 920 is x.

3

Solve for x:

a

50\% of x is 140.

b

14 is 50\% of x.

c

28 out of x is 35\%.

d

x\% of 400 is 64.

e

15\% of x is 70.

f

120 is 6\% of x.

g

18 out of x is 50\%.

h

x\% of 440 is 198.

Applications
4

Answer the following questions in order to find 45\% of 5 hours without a calculator:

a

How many minutes are there in 5 hours?

b

Find 10\% of 300 minutes.

c

Find 5\% of 300 minutes.

d

Now, find 45\% of 300 minutes.

5

A salesperson earns a 13\% commission on their total sales each week. In one week, their sales amounted to \$640.

a

Find 10\% of their total sales.

b

Find 3\% of their total sales, correct to two decimal places.

c

Now, find the total commission they made that week, correct to two decimal places.

6

A telephone marketer earns a 13\% commission on their total sales each week. In one week, their sales amounted to \$970.

a

Find 10\% of their total sales.

b

Find 3\% of their total sales, correct to two decimal places.

c

Now, find the total commission they made this week, correct to two decimal places.

7

On Monday, Derek had a full tank of 40\text{ L} gas. During the week, Derek used 55\% of the gas.

a

Find 10\% of 40 \text{ L}.

b

Find 5\% of 40 \text{ L}.

c

Now, find how many liters of gas was used during the week.

8

Valentina has completed 25\% of the necessary 70 hours of pilot training.

a

Find 25\% of 70 hours, correct to one decimal place.

b

Find 2.5\% of 70 hours, correct to two decimal places.

c

Quentin has completed 27.5\% hours of the necessary training. Find how many hours he has completed, correct to two decimal places.

9

Inflation between the years 2009 and 2010 was 1.7\%, such that a purchase made in 2009 for \$100 would be worth \$101.70 in 2010. A product was valued at \$3200 in 2009.

a

Find 1\% of the product's value.

b

Find 7\% of the product's value.

c

Find 0.7\% of \$3200.

d

What is 1.7\% worth?

e

Find the value of the product in 2010.

10

Liam works 0.8 days for every day of the five day work week.

a

What percentage of the work week does Liam work?

b

What percentage of the five day week does Liam not work?

c

What percentage of the whole 7 day week does he work? Express your answer as a percentage correct to one decimal place.

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