Name: ____________________________
Percents – Conversions
For questions 1 – 6: Convert the given
value to a decimal.
Date: ________
PreAlgebra
For questions 7 - 12: Convert the given
value to a fraction in simplest form.
For questions 13 - 18: Convert the given
value to a percent.
1
80%
7
.71
13
9
20
2
8%
8
1.27
14
1
4
3
65%
9
65%
15
.71
4
100%
10
80%
16
1.27
5
105%
11
8%
17
0.05
6
8.5%
12
8.5%
18
0.6
19
Sheet # 07-01
ORDERING NUMBERS Order the numbers from least to greatest.
Question
Numbers
Least --------------- Greatest
A
4 7
89%, , ,0.83
5 10
B
54%,
C
9
9
,17%,0.22,
25
50
9
16
,0.62,
20
25
20
FOOD You buy ice cream that contains 10%
In the Real World
Tortoises A desert
tortoise spends about 95%
of its life in underground burrows. About
what fraction of a desert tortoise’s life is
spent above ground?
25 milk fat. What fraction of the ice cream is
milk fat?
Answer __________
Answer ___________
21
CURRENCY The composition of a U.S. dollar
3
1
bill is cotton and linen. What percent of
4
4
a dollar bill is cotton?
SPORTS A football player completes 19 of his
26 25 passes during the season. What percent of
his passes did the player complete?
Answer _________%
Answer _________%
ELECTRICITY Wind power generates about
ERROR ANALYSIS Describe and correct the
27 error in writing 1.5 as a percent.
22 0.0015 of the world’s electricity. What
percent of the world’s electricity does wind
power generate?
Answer __________%
WATER About 0.3% of the water on Earth is
23 usable by humans. Write 0.3% as a decimal.
28
On a 39 point exam, Gerard Andre lost 1 point.
What was the percent score written on his exam?
Round to the nearest whole percent.
Answer __________
24
MUSIC Of a radio station’s 40 most popular
5
songs for the week, were sung by female
8
soloists. What percent of the songs were sung
by female soloists?
Answer __________%
Answer __________%
MULTIPLE CHOICE The table shows how
29 many of the 50 states entered the Union in
each century. What percent of the states
entered the Union after the 18th century?
A
B
16%
34%
C
D
29%
68%