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Percent of a Quantity Ratios and Proportional
Essential Question How do you find a percent of a quantity? Relationships—6.RP.3c
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A typical family of four uses about 400 gallons of
water each day, and 30% of this water is for outdoor • Will the number of gallons of water for
outdoor activities be greater than or less than
activities, such as gardening. How many gallons of 200 gallons? Explain.
water does a typical family of four use each day for
outdoor activities?

One Way Use ratio reasoning.

Draw a bar model.

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

400

The model shows that 100% represents 400 gallons.

Think: 30% is 3 groups of 10%, so divide the model into 10 equal groups.

Find the value of 10% of 400. 10% of 400 = ___ 400 = _

1 × 400 = ______
10

Find the value of 30% of 400. 30% of 400 = 3 × _ = _

Another Way Multiply.

You can find 30% of 400 by multiplying.

Write the percent as a rate per 100. 30

30% = ____
100
30 of 400.
Multiply to find ____ 30 × 400 =
____ _
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So, 30% of 400 gallons is _ gallons. Math

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How can you find the number
Try This! Find 65% of 300. of gallons of water used for
indoor activities?

65% = _

_ × 300 = _

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Charla earns $4,000 per month. She spends 40% of her
salary on rent and 15% of her salary on groceries. How
much money does Charla have left for other expenses?

STEP 1 Add to find the total

percent of Charla’s salary that 40% + _ % = _%
is used for rent and groceries.

STEP 2 Subtract the total

percent from 100% to find the
percent that is left for other 100% − _ % = 45%
expenses.

STEP 3 Write the percent from

Step 2 as a rate per 100 and 45% = _
multiply.
_ × 4,000 = __
So, Charla has $ __ left for other expenses.
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the problem a different way.

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Find the percent of the quantity. 0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

1. 25% of 320
320
25% = 1_4 , so use _ equal
groups.

1
_ × 320 320 = _
= ______
4

2. 80% of 50 3. 175% of 24 4. 60% of 210

____ ____ ____

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5. A jar contains 125 marbles. Given that 4% of the marbles are

green, 60% of the marbles are blue, and the rest are red, how
many red marbles are in the jar?

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students are girls. How many boys are in the class? Explain how you could estimate
49.3% of 3,000.

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7. 60% of 90 8. 25% of 32.4 9. 110% of 300 10. 0.2% of 6,500

11. A baker made 60 muffins for a cafe. By noon, 12. There are 30 treasures hidden in a castle in a
45% of the muffins were sold. How many muffins video game. LaToya found 80% of them. How
were sold by noon? many of the treasures did LaToya find?

13. A school library has 260 DVDs in its collection. DEEPER

14. Mitch planted cabbage, squash,
Given that 45% of the DVDs are about science
and carrots on his 150-acre farm. He planted half
and 40% are about history, how many of the
the farm with squash and 22% with carrots. How
DVDs are about other subjects?
many acres did he plant with cabbage?

Compare. Write <, >, or =.

15. 45% of 60 60% of 45 16. 10% of 90 90% of 100 17. 75% of 8 8% of 7.5

18. SMARTER
Sarah had 12 free throw attempts during a game and
made at least 75% of the free throws. What is the greatest number of free
throws Sarah could have missed during the game?
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19. PRACTICE 3 Chrissie likes to tip a server in a restaurant a minimum
of 20%. She and her friend have a lunch bill that is $18.34. Chrissie
says the tip will be $3.30. Her friend says that is not a minimum
of 20%. Who is correct? Explain.

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20. One-third of the juniors in the Linwood High
School Marching Band play the trumpet.
The band has 50 members and the table
shows what percent of the band members are
freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
How many juniors play the trumpet?

a. What do you need to find?

b. How can you use the table to help you solve

the problem? Linwood High School
Marching Band
Freshmen 26%
Sophomores 30%
Juniors 24%
Seniors 20%
c. What operation can you use to find the
number of juniors in the band?

d. Show the steps you use to solve the problem. e. Complete the sentences.

The band has _ members. There

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of juniors who play the

trumpet is _ .

21. SMARTER Compare. Circle <, >, or =.

< <
21a. 25% of 44 > 20% of 50 21b. 10% of 30 > 30% of 100
= =

<
21c. 35% of 60 > 60% of 35
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Problem Solving • Percents
Essential Question How can you use the strategy use a model to help you Ratios and Proportional
solve a percent problem? Relationships—6.RP.3c
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The recommended daily amount of protein is about 50
grams. One Super Protein Cereal Bar contains 16% of that
amount of protein. If Stefon eats one Super Protein Cereal
Bar per day, how much protein will he need to get from
other sources to meet the recommended daily amount?

Use the graphic organizer to help you solve the problem.

Read the Problem

What do I need to find? What information do I How will I use the
need to use? information?
Write what you need to find.
Write the important What strategy can you use?
information.

Solve the Problem

Draw a bar model. The model shows that 100% = 50 grams,

100% 50 = _.
so 1% of 50 = ___
100

Recommended 50 g 16% of 50 = 16 × _ = _
Daily Amount
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So, the cereal bar contains __

Cereal Bar of protein.

50 − _ = _
16%
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So, __ of protein should come from other sources. How can you use estimation to show
that your answer is reasonable?

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Lee has saved 65% of the money she needs to buy a pair of
jeans that cost $24. How much money does Lee have, and
how much more money does she need to buy the jeans?

Read the Problem

What do I need to find? What information do I How will I use the
need to use? information?

Solve the Problem

1. Does your answer make sense? Explain how you know.

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2. PRACTICE 6 Explain how you could solve this problem
in a different way.

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to solve this problem with the
model on page 213.
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1. A geologist visits 40 volcanoes in Alaska and California. 15% of WRITE Math

the volcanoes are in California. How many volcanoes does the Show Your Work
geologist visit in California and how many in Alaska?
First, draw a bar model.
100%

Total Volcanoes 40

California

15%

Next, find 1%.

40 = __
100% = 40, so 1% of 40 = ___
100

Then, find 15%, the number of volcanoes in California.

15% of 40 = 15 × __ = __

Finally, subtract to find the number of volcanoes in Alaska.

So, the geologist visited __ volcanoes in California

and __ volcanoes in Alaska.

2. SMARTER
What if 30% of the volcanoes were in California?
How many volcanoes would the geologist have visited in California
and how many in Alaska?

3. Ricardo has $25 to spend on school supplies. He spends 72% of the

money on a backpack and the rest on a large binder. How much does
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he spend on the backpack? How much does he spend on the binder?

4. Kevin is hiking on a trail that is 4.2 miles long. So far, he has hiked
80% of the total distance. How many more miles does Kevin have
to hike in order to complete the trail?

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5. DEEPER Jordan takes 50% of the cherries from a bowl. Then Mei
takes 50% of the remaining cherries. Finally, Greg takes 50% of the
remaining cherries. There are 3 cherries left. How many cherries were in
the bowl before Jordan arrived?

6. SMARTEREach week, Tasha saves 65% of the money she earns

babysitting and spends the rest. This week she earned $40. How much
more money did she save than spend this week?

7. SMARTER An employee at a state park has 53 photos of animals

found at the park. She wants to arrange the photos in rows so that every
row except the bottom row has the same number of photos. She also
wants there to be at least 5 rows. Describe two different ways she can
arrange the photos.

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8. PRACTICE 6 Explain a Method Maya wants to mark a length of
7 inches on a sheet of paper, but she does not have a ruler. She has
pieces of wood that are 4 inches, 5 inches, and 6 inches long. Explain
how she can use these pieces to mark a length of 7 inches.

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9. SMARTER + Pierre’s family is driving 380 miles from San Francisco to Los
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Angeles. On the first day, they drive 30% of the distance. On the second day, they drive
50% of the distance. On the third day, they drive the remaining distance and arrive in Los
Angeles. How many miles did Pierre’s family drive each day? Write the number of miles in
the correct box.
76 miles 190 miles 114 miles

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