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Example Question #1 : How To Find Percentage
Using the information given in each question, compare the quantity in Column A to the quantity in Column B.
Jack scores a 40 on his first test and improves his score by 80% on his second test. Jill scores 50 on her first test, and her second test is 130% of her first test.
Column A Column B
Jack's 2nd Jill's 2nd
test score test score
The quantity in Column B is greater.
The two quantities are equal.
The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
The quantity in Column A is greater.
The quantity in Column A is greater.
Jack improves by 80%, so we multiply his original score by 1.8 (the 1 to represent his earlier score and the .8 to add on his improvement). 40% times 1.8 equals 72%.
Jill's second test is 130% of her first test (that is, a 30% improvement). To find her new score we multiply her first score by 1.3. 50% times 1.3 equals 65%.
Thus, Jack's second test score is higher.
Example Question #2 : How To Find Percentage
of 2,001 is 1
of 1,999 is 1
Which is the greater quantity?
(a)
(b)
It is impossible to tell from the information given
(a) and (b) are equal
(b) is greater
(a) is greater
(b) is greater
No calculation is necessary. The whole in (b) is less, so 1 is a greater portion of that whole than the whole in (a). This makes (b) greater.
Example Question #3 : How To Find Percentage
Which is the greater quantity?
(a)
(b)
It is impossible to tell from the information given
(b) is greater
(a) and (b) are equal
(a) is greater
(a) is greater
can be rewritten as
Example Question #4 : How To Find Percentage
1,111 is of 999
999 is of 1,111
Which is the greater quantity?
(a)
(b)
(a) and (b) are equal
It is impossible to tell from the information given
(b) is greater
(a) is greater
(a) is greater
No calculation is necessary. In (a), the part is greater than the whole, so the percent must be greater than 100. In (b) The part is less than the whole, so
must be less than 100. Therefore,
Example Question #5 : How To Find Percentage
There were 48 pieces of fruit brought to the brunch. Twelve of the pieces of fruit were bananas. What percentage of the fruit were bananas?
48%
50%
25%
12%
66%
25%
Percentage involves part over whole. The total number of fruit was 48. The number of bananas was 12. Therefore, you can make a fraction from those numbers: . Then, to find the percentage, divide 12 by 48. This gives you 0.25. To find the percentage, move the decimal point to the right two places. This gives you 25%.
Example Question #1 : How To Find Percentage
70% of 4,000 is equal to what percent of 6,400?
70% of 4,000 is equal to , which is
percent of 6,400.
Evaluate:
The correct response is
Example Question #1 : How To Find Percentage
is a positive number. Which of the following is the greater quantity?
(A) 70% of 40% of
(B) 40% of 70% of
(A) is greater
It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given
(A) and (B) are equal
(B) is greater
(A) and (B) are equal
40% of a number is the number multplied by 0.40; 70% of the number is the number multiplied by 0.70.
40% of is
; 70% of that is
70% of is
; 40% of that is
Regardless of the value of , the quantities are equal.
Example Question #1 : How To Find Percentage
is a positive integer. Which is the greater quantity?
(A) 25% of
(B) 50% of
(A) and (B) are equal
(A) is greater
(B) is greater
It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given
It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given
The greater of the two can be shown to depend on the value of .
Example 1:
Then 25% of is equal to
and 50% of is equal to
This makes (A) greater.
Example 2:
Then 25% of is equal to
and 50% of is equal to
This makes (B) greater.
Therefore, insufficient information is given in the problem to determine which is the greater.
Example Question #1 : How To Find Percentage
is a positive number. Which is greater?
(A) 60% of 40% of
(B) 50% of 50% of
(A) and (B) are equal
(A) is greater
(B) is greater
It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given
(B) is greater
40% of is equal to
; 60% of that is
50% of is equal to
; 50% of that is
Since is positive and
,
,
and (B) is greater.
Example Question #6 : How To Find Percentage
What is 0.5% of 1,000,000?
Convert the percentage to a decimal:
Multiply by 1,000,000 to get our answer.
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