3. Write and solve an equations for the following.
1.) What is 35% of 84?
2.) What is 45.5% of 20?
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4. Write and solve an equations for the following.
3.) What percent of 20 is 12?
4.) What percent of 65 is 26?
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5. Write and solve an equations for the following.
5.) 15 is 18% of what number?
6.) 15 is 40% of what number?
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6. Write and solve an equations for the following.
7.) My father makes 3.75% commission for selling
telecommunications hardware. How much does he make
off selling $17,500?
8.) A car salesman makes 6.5% commission on each car
she sells. How much does she make on the sale of a car
worth $35,000?
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7. Write and solve an equations for the following.
9.) On a telephone survey, 414 people, or 46% of those
who called, said that they were watching station WLIW
at the time of the call. How many people were called?
10.) 1,100 people were survey to find their favorite ice
cream flavor, and 91% chose vanilla. How many people
chose vanilla?
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8. BEFORE YOU LEAVE
TRADE A PROBLEM
You and your partner will create a problem. You will then
trade with the other pair in your group. Then both pairs will
complete the traded problem. After both pairs are done,
trade back and check the work of the other pair.
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