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Using Proportions to Solve Percent Word Problems

Using Proportions to Solve Percent Lets Review… % = is (part) 100 of (whole) Using Proportions to Solve Percent

Using Proportions to Solve Percent Lets try one… 25% of 47 is what number? Fill in the ratio … Using Proportions to Solve Percent

Using Proportions to Solve Percent Lets try another… What number is 59% of 20? Fill in the ratio … Using Proportions to Solve Percent

Using Proportions to Solve Percent Lets try another… 45 is 60% of what number? Fill in the ratio on the right first… Using Proportions to Solve Percent

Percent Word Problems Percent Word Problems Here are several aids that will help you solve word problems: 1. Make sure you understand the question that is asked 2. Sort out the information to make a basic percent problem, such as “30% of what is 17?” 3. Sometimes, you will have to subtract or add some of the numbers. 4. The base will always be the original number, price, or total. Percent Word Problems

Percent Word Problems Some examples of percent word problems A baseball pitcher won 80% of the games he pitched. If he pitched 35 ballgames, how many games did he win? Percent Word Problems

Jerry, an electrician, worked 7 months out of the year Jerry, an electrician, worked 7 months out of the year. What percent of the year did he work? (round answer to the nearest hundredth) Percent Word Problems

Sometimes the information needed to solve a percent word problem is not stated directly. You will need to sort out the numbers given in the problem. There are 28 students in a class. Sixteen of those students are men. What percent of the class are women? (Round to the nearest tenth) Percent Word Problems

Donovan took a math test and got 35 correct and 10 incorrect answers Donovan took a math test and got 35 correct and 10 incorrect answers. What was the percentage of correct answers? (Round to the nearest hundredth) Percent Word Problems

Practice Problems Your Turn…………. A student earned a grade of 80% on a math test that had 20 problems. How many problems on this test did the student answer correctly? (round to the nearest whole number) 2) There are 36 carpenters in a crew. On a certain day, 29 were present. What percent showed up for work? (round to the nearest tenth) Practice Problems

3) A metal bar weighs 8. 15 ounces. 93% of the bar is silver 3) A metal bar weighs 8.15 ounces. 93% of the bar is silver. How many ounces of silver are in the bar? (round to the nearest thousandth) 4) A woman put $580 into a savings account for one year. The rate of interest on the account was 6½%. How much was the interest for the year in dollars and cents? (Round to the nearest cent) Practice Problems

5) A student answered 86 problems on a test correctly and received a grade 98%. How many problems were on the test, if all the problems were worth the same number of points? (Round to the nearest whole number) 6) Manuel found a wrecked Trans-Am that he could fix. He bought the car for 65% of the original price of $7200. What did he pay for the car? (Round to nearest dollar) Practice Problems

7) Pamela bought an electric drill at 85% of the regular price 7) Pamela bought an electric drill at 85% of the regular price. She paid $32.89 for the drill. What was the regular price? (Round to the nearest cent) 8) A crew is made up of 8 men; the rest are women. 66 % of the crew are men. How many people are in the crew? 32 9) Ben earns $12,800 a year. About 15% is taken out for taxes. How much is taken out for taxes? Practice Problems