Exercise 1: Guided Practice

1. What percent of the figure is shaded? 1($)
2. What percent of the figure is not shaded? 2($)

Write your answer with the percent symbol

1. What percent of the figure is shaded? 1($)
2. What percent of the figure is not shaded? 2($)

Write your answer with the percent symbol

Write your answer with the percent symbol

Write your answer with the percent symbol

The following sentence appeared on a technology blog: “Ask Internet users what they want from their service and 99 times out of 100 the answer will be the same: more speed.” According to the blog, what percent of the time do Internet users give that answer?

The following sentence appeared on a technology blog: “Ask Internet users what they want from their service and 99 times out of 100 the answer will be the same: more speed.” According to the blog, what percent of the time do Internet users give that answer?

In 1962, Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scored a total of 100 points in an NBA game. If twenty-eight of his points came from made free throws, what percent of his point total came from free throws?

In 1962, Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scored a total of 100 points in an NBA game. If twenty-eight of his points came from made free throws, what percent of his point total came from free throws?

A quilt is made from 100 squares of colored cloth

1. If fifteen of the squares are blue, what percent of the squares in the quilt are blue? 1($)
2. What percent of the squares are not blue? 2($)

Of the natural numbers from 1 through 100, only fourteen of them are divisible by 7.

1. What percent of the numbers are divisible by 7? 1($)
2. What percent of the numbers are not divisible by 7? 2($)