Solve. Explain the method you used.- The population of Newton is 2. There are 360 animals in the
1460. Twenty percent of the New City Zoo. Fifteen percent
people in Newton read the local of the animals are monkeys.
newspaper. How many people How many animals in the New
read the local newspaper? City Zoo are notmonkeys? - Jeff used 10 oranges to make 4. There are 16 teenagers in
juice this morning. There were Sarah’s neighborhood. Four of
25 oranges in the bag. What them are available to baby-sit.
percent of the oranges in the What percent of the teenagers
bag did he use? are notavailable to baby-sit? - A report states that 72% of 6. There are 860 students in sixth
1250 middle school students grade. Two hundred fifteen
enjoy playing team sports. of them play basketball. What
How many of the middle school percent of the students in sixth
students enjoy playing team sports? grade do not play basketball? - The Girl Scouts want to collect 8. On a typical day at Emerson
500 pounds of old newspapers. Middle School, 6% of the
They have already collected 150 650 students are absent.
pounds. What percent of their How many students are
goal have they notreached? present on a typical day? - Thirty percent of the people in the
park rent rowboats. If 270 people
rent rowboats, how many people
are in the park? - Margaret spent $15 dollars on
souvenirs on her vacation. If that
was 5% of the cost of her trip,
how much did her vacation cost? - Out of each 2500 pairs of athletic
shoes imported from Asia, about
how many pairs come from
each country?
China
40%Taiwan
10%
S. Korea
30%Indonesia
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