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Lesson 1: Understanding Percents — Practice Questions

  1. 1. A student answered 24 questions correctly on a 25-question test. What percent of the questions did the student answer correctly? Enter the percent value only. ___

  2. 2. You received a discount of 15 dollars on a jacket that originally cost 75 dollars. What percent discount did you receive?

    • A. 15%
    • B. 20%
    • C. 25%
    • D. 50%
  3. 3. A charity has raised 600 dollars toward its goal of 1500 dollars. What percent of the goal has been raised? Enter the value only. ___

  4. 4. Which proportion correctly represents how to find the answer to the question: '12 is what percent of 40?'

    • A. $\frac{40}{12} = \frac{p}{100}$
    • B. $\frac{12}{p} = \frac{40}{100}$
    • C. $\frac{12}{40} = \frac{p}{100}$
    • D. $\frac{p}{12} = \frac{100}{40}$
  5. 5. Out of 120 students in a grade, 90 attended the school assembly. What percent of the students attended? Enter the value only. ___

  6. 6. Express 63% as a fraction with a denominator of 100. The fraction is ___.

  7. 7. Which statement best describes the meaning of the percent symbol, %?

    • A. per thousand
    • B. per hundred
    • C. multiplied by 100
    • D. divided by the whole
  8. 8. The percent 125% represents the ratio of 125 to 100. Write this as a fraction: ___.

  9. 9. Which fraction correctly represents 0.8%?

    • A. $\frac{8}{100}$
    • B. $\frac{0.8}{1000}$
    • C. $\frac{0.8}{100}$
    • D. $\frac{80}{100}$
  10. 10. To express 7% as a fraction, you write it as a ratio with a denominator of 100. The resulting fraction is ___.