IXL | Find what percent one number is of another: word problems

At the craft store, Tara bought a bag of brown and orange marbles. She received 46 marbles in all. 23 of the marbles were brown. What percentage of the marbles were brown?

Write your answer using a percent sign (%).

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Isabella's Burgers cooks its burgers either well done or medium. Last night the restaurant served 70 burgers in all, 70 of which were well done. What percentage of the burgers were well done?

Write your answer using a percent sign (%).

key idea

A percent is 1 part out of 100.

1%
is
equal
to
1
100
or
0.01.

Proportions can be used to solve percent problems.

part

whole

percent

100

solution

100% of a number is the entire number. 100% of 70 is 70. You can check this by doing the math.

The part is 70.

The whole is 70.

Let n represent the percent.

Write a proportion to solve for n.

100

70 · 100

70n

7,000

70n

7,000 ÷ 70

70n ÷ 70

100

100% of the burgers were well done.

You could also find the answer by writing and solving an equation:

part

percentage of whole

100

70n

100

0.7

100

100% of the burgers were well done.

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