Finding This Percent of That
Warmup
Activity #1
Estimate and Locate the Percent of a Number on a line (Game).
- Start the game at Level 1.
- Read the problem.
- Make an estimate of where you think the percentage point will be on the line.
- Then move the red diamond to your estimated point, and click
. You’ll get a feedback suggesting that you adjust your guess if it wasn’t accurate. - To adjust your guess, move the green diamond with the help of the now calibrated line, to a more accurate location.
- Then click
. Then you’ll get a feedback on how you did, in the two attempts. - Click
to continue. A new calibrated line appears below. - Read the new question.
- Based on where the percentage mark will be located on the new line, enter your estimated value in the box, and press the Enter key on your keyboard.
- Now move the blue diamond to where your estimated value is on the line.
- Enter the value again inside the box and press the Enter key.
- Continue to practice.
- To practice at a different level , click
, make the selection, and follow the same steps as above.
Activity #2
Find what Percent a number is of Another.
- Use the app below this one to model & solve the problem displayed here. After doing so, enter your answer rounded to the nearest $0.01 or 0.01%, or 2 decimal places.
Use this app 
if you need assistance.
Activity #3
Exercises on Percentage
- Read carefully the information below and solve the problems that follow.
A school held several evening activities last month—a music concert, a basketball game, a drama play, and literacy night. The music concert was attended by 250 people. How many people came to each of the other activities?
(1.) Attendance at a basketball game was 30% of attendance at the concert.
(2.) Attendance at the drama play was 140% of attendance at the concert.
(3.) Attendance at literacy night was 44% of attendance at the concert.
(4.) 50% of the people who attended the drama play also attended the music concert. What percentage of the people who attended the music concert also attended the drama play?
Quiz Time