Practice with Percents
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Course: | GKT101: General Knowledge for Teachers – Math |
Book: | Practice with Percents |
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Date: | Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 11:36 PM |
Description
Complete these exercises and check your answers.
Practice Test
In the following exercises, convert each percent to ⓐ a decimal ⓑ a simplified fraction.
- \(24\%\)
- \(350\%\)
In the following exercises, convert each fraction to a percent. (Round to 3 decimal places if needed.)
- \(\frac{1}{3}\)
In the following exercises, solve the percent problem.
- 65 is what percent of 260?
- 150% of what number is 60?
- The total number of vehicles on one freeway dropped from 84,000 to 74,000. Find the percent decrease (round to the nearest tenth of a percent).
Source: Rice University, https://openstax.org/books/prealgebra-2e/pages/6-practice-test
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Answers
- \(0.24, \frac{6}{25}\)
- \(3.5, \frac{7}{2}\)
- \(33.\overline 3 \% \text{ or } 33\frac{1}{3}\%\)
- \(25\%\)
- \(40\)
- \(11.9\%\)