Practice Page

Directions: The following questions involve manipulating and working with percents.

1.
Write 15% as a decimal.
as1
Choose:
 
15.0
1.5
0.15
0.015
 

 

2.
Write 0.12 as a percent.
as3
Choose:
 
120%
12%
1.2%
0.12%
 

 

3.
Find 35% of 500.
as4
Choose:
 
325
175
143
17.5
 

 

4.
125% of what number is 80?
as5
Choose:
 
100
96
68
64
 

 

5.
48 is what percent of 16?
as8
Choose:
 
333
3%
666
300%

 

6.
Find 2.5% of 800.
as9
Choose:
 
20
200
320
2000
 

 

7.
In a graphic novel, 12 of the 84 pages are devoted to setting up the characters. To the nearest percent, what percent of the graphic novel is devoted to setting up the characters?
cartoonist
Choose:
 
10%
14%
26%
86%
 

 

8. Three brothers are creating a web site about soccer. The youngest brother creates 1/5 of the pages and the oldest brother creates 1/2 of the page. What percent of the pages are created by the middle brother? brothers
 
Choose:
 
60%
50%
30%
20%

 

9.
If 3 of the Roberts' 4 dogs are black, what percent of their dogs are NOT black?
bdog
Choose:
 
75%
30%
25%
5%
 

 

10.
So far this season, the K9 basketball team has played 12 of their 18 games on their home court. What percent of their games, so far this season, have been played on their home court?
dogball
Choose:
 
333
583
60%
666
 

 

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