1. LESSON How do you use percents to solve problems? Solving Percent Problems 9.3

2. Using “is over of” to solve percent problems Please get out your foldable from yesterday to solve the following problems.

3. Find the percent of each number. 1)What is 64% of 75 tiles? 2)What is 20% of 70 plants? 3)What is 32% of 25 pages? 4)What is 85% of 40 e-mails? 5)What is 72% of 350 friends? 48 tiles 34 e-mails 8 pages 14 plants 252 friends

4. Complete each sentence. 1)4 students is ___ % of 20 students. 2)2 doctors is _______ % of 25 doctors. 3)4% of _______ days is 56 days. 4)60 minutes is 20% of _______ minutes. 5)9 stores is 3% of _______ stores. 20 8 1,400 300

5. Consumer Math The sales tax in the town where Amanda lives is 7%. Amanda paid $35 in sales tax on a new stereo. What was the price of the stereo? $500

6. Financial Literacy Ashton is saving money to buy a new bike. He needs $120 but has only saved 60% so far. How much more money does Ashton need to buy the scooter? $48

7. How do you use percents to solve problems? Sample answer: You can solve percent problems by writing a proportion and solving for the unknown quantity.