Translate percent sentences to percent equations

These titles appear in a news paper

First title

Labor: 84% of 500-member union votes to accept new offer

• What number is 84% of 500? (1)

Second title

38 of 40 Wells Declared Safe

• 38 is what percent of 40? (2)

Third title

These six area residents now make up 75% of the State Board of Examiners

• 6 is 75% of what number? (3)

Percent sentences

1. What number is 84% of 500?
2. 38 is what percent of 40?
3. 6 is 75% of what number?

Translate key words to symbols

• (1) translates to an equal symbol =.
• (2) translates to multiplication that is shown with a raised dot •
• (3) or (4) translates to an unknown number that is represented by a variable.