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Ch 2.7 Percent Word Problems. Objective: To translate word problems involving percent and solve the resulting equation. Rules. 1) TRANSLATE each word into Math symbols 2) Use Inverse operations to solve the equation. Translations. what : variable (n) is : equals (=)
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Ch 2.7Percent Word Problems Objective: To translate word problems involving percent and solve the resulting equation.
Rules 1) TRANSLATE each word into Math symbols 2) Use Inverse operations to solve the equation Translations what: variable (n) is: equals (=) percent: divided by (÷) 100 of: multiply ()
Example 1 What number is 54% of 200? 54 100 200 n = n = 108 Example 2 112% of 650 is what number? = n 650 112 100 728 = n
Example 3 7% of what number is 31.5? 100 7 100 7 7 100 n = 31.5 n = 450 Example 4 150 is 60% of what number? = n 100 60 100 60 60 150 100 250 = n
Example 5 What percent of 20 is 5 ? n % 20 = 5 ÷100 = n 20 5 100 20 100 20 100 n = 25
Classwork 1) What is 25% of 56? 2) 77 is 35% of what? 3) 22% of 157 is what? 4) What percent of 135 is 36 ?
Classwork 5) What is 85% of 59? 6) 179 is 98% of what? 7) 90% of 19 is what? 8) What percent of 200 is 135 ?