Percent Word Problems 6th Grade

Using Bar Models

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Percent Word Problem using Models

Case:
15% of the number of people who attended a concert arrived late. If 30 people arrived late, find the number of people who attended the concert.

Solution:
percentage word problems

From the above model, we encounter that
fifteen% → 30 people
1% → 30 ÷ 15 = 2 people
100% → 100 × 2 = 200 people
200 people attended the concert.

Examples of solving percent bug with bar models

Examples:

Marilyn saves 30% of the money she earns each month. She earns $350 each month. How much does she save?
At the Natural History Museum, 40% of the visitors are children. There are 36 children at the museum. How many visitors altogether are at the museum?
Bill bought cards to celebrate Pi twenty-four hours. He sends 60% of his cards to friends. He sent 42 cards to friends. How many cards did he buy birthday?
Bruce cookies 80% of the pancakes at the pancake breakfast last weekend. They fabricated 1120 pancakes. How many pancakes did Bruce cook?

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The post-obit video shows examples of finding full price with sales revenue enhancement and an example of finding cost later discount using bar models.

Examples:

Alejandro bought a television set for $900 and paid a sales tax of 8%. How much did he pay for the television set?
Alice saved for a new wheel. The wheel was on sale for a disbelieve of 35%. The original price of the bike was $270. How much did she pay for the cycle?

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Using Filigree Method

Setting up the Pct Problem
Describes how to ready a percent problem using the grid method. Uses examples with the full given and looking for the parts.

Case:
At that place are 250 chairs in a room
a) If 150 chairs are full, what % are total?
b) What % are empty?

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Multiple Pace Percent Problems Part 1
Examples of how to solve per centum word problems with the filigree method.

Example one: A stereo listed for $350 is on sale for 20% off the list price. The sales tax is half-dozen%. What price does a customer pay for the stereo if she buys it on sale?

Case 2: Stacey just received her annual toll-of-living raise. She previously earned $1450 a month. Her new salary is $1508. What is the charge per unit of increase?

Example 3: At a playoff game, paid attendance was 39,900. The full omnipresence was 42,000. What percent of those attending had free tickets?

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Solving Percentage Give-and-take Issues Using Proportions

Exercise solving percentage word problems past setting upward a proportion and solving.

Instance:
A poll was conducted by a local newspaper request if the governor was doing a good job. vi,000 people were polled. If 2,400 said they canonical of the job the governor was doing, what percent of the people polled disapproved?

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Percentage Word Problems: Percent Problems
Shows how to solve "percent of" word problems using proportions.

Examples:

What is fifteen% of 40?
12 is 20% of what number?
22 is what pct of 5?
four is what percent of the caliber of 15 and 3?

Percent Word Issues: Sales and Disbelieve
Solving percent word problems that involve finding a sale price given original price and discount, finding an original price given auction toll and discount, and finding sale cost given profit.

Example 1: A laptop that normally costs $600 is offered at a discount of 35%. What is the new auction price?

Example 2: A pair of shoes is marked down xx% during a sale and costs $60. What was the original price?

Percent Discussion Problems: Turn a profit
Solving percent word problems that involve finding the percentage profit.

Example i: The total price of producing a tablet is $150. If the manufacturer wants to brand a 20% profit, at what price must they sell the tablet?

Example 2: Kevin bought a concert ticket for $50 and sold it for $54. What was the percentage turn a profit?

Pct Word Problems: Pct Increase and Decrease
Solving pct word issues that involve percent increase and decrease.

Example 1: 15 fans attended a ring's start concert. 18 fans attended their 2d concert. What was the percent increase in the number of fans from the first concert to second?

Example ii: Terminal year, a football team won fifteen games. This year, the team won xx% fewer games. How many games did the squad win this twelvemonth?

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