Percentages:

To change a fraction to a percent, find its decimal form, multiply by 100 and add a percent sign.
Example: Express
8
3
as a percent.
Solution: To convert
8
3
to a decimal, divide 3 by 8; this gives us 0.375. Multiplying 0.375 by 100 gives
us 37.5%.
To change a percent to a fraction, drop the percent sign and divide the number by 100.
Example: Express 17% as a fraction.
Solution: Dropping the % sign gives us 17, and dividing by 100 gives us
100
17
= 0.17
Finding the percent of a given quantity:
1. Replace the word of with a multiplication sign.
2. Convert the percent to a decimal: Drop the percent sign and divide the number by 100. This is done
by moving the decimal point two places to the left, adding zeros where necessary. Examples: 30%
= 0.30, 2.1% = 0.021, 78% = 0.78, 243% = 2.43.
3. Multiply the given quantity by the decimal.
Example: Find 30% of 200. 30% of 200 = 30% 200 = 0.30 200 = 60.00
Speed Calculation Tool: Fraction Percent Matrix

1 2 3 4 5
1 100%
1
1

2 50%
2
1
150%
2
3
250%
2
5

3 %
3
1
33
3
1
%
3
2
66
3
2
%
3
1
133
3
4
%
3
2
166
3
5

4 25%
4
1
50%
4
2
75%
4
3
125%
4
5

5 20%
5
1
40%
5
2
60%
5
3
80%
5
4

6 %
3
2
16
6
1
%
3
1
33
6
2
50%
6
3
%
3
2
66
6
4
%
3
1
83
6
5

7 %
7
2
14
7
1
%
7
4
28
7
2
%
7
6
42
7
3
%
7
1
57
7
4
%
7
3
71
7
5

8 %
2
1
12
8
1
25%
8
2
%
2
1
37
8
3
50%
8
4
%
2
1
62
8
5

9 %
9
1
11
9
1
%
9
2
22
9
2
%
3
1
33
9
3
%
9
4
44
9
4
%
9
5
55
9
5

10 10%
10
1
20%
10
2
30%
10
3
40%
10
4
50%
10
5


6 7 8 9 10
1
2

350%
2
7


450%
2
9


3

%
3
1
233
3
7

%
3
2
266
3
8

%
3
1
333
3
10

4 150%
4
6
175%
4
7


225%
4
9
250%
4
10

5 120%
5
6
140%
5
7
160%
5
8
180%
5
9


6

%
3
2
116
6
7
%
3
1
133
6
8
150%
6
9
%
3
2
166
6
10

7 %
7
5
85
7
6
%
7
2
114
7
8
%
7
4
128
7
9
%
7
6
142
7
10

8 75%
8
6
%
2
1
87
8
7
%
2
1
112
8
9
125%
8
10

9 %
3
2
66
9
6
%
9
7
77
9
7
%
9
8
88
9
8
%
9
1
111
9
10

10 60%
10
6
70%
10
7
80%
10
8
90%
10
9



Fill the Matrix as much as you think you need. You cant memorize all these, neither is expected from you.
But a careful exercise will speed up your calculation and will serve as an error guard and auto correction.

GROUP 3: PERCENTAGE AND DEVIATION



10. What is 0.5 percent of 6.5?
a. 0.0325 b. 0.013 c. 0.325 d. 1.30 e. 130.0


11. Shoummos salary is 125% of Niloys salary. Dardas salary is 80% of Niloys salary. The total of all
three salaries is $ 61,000. What is Dardas salary?
a. $15,000 b. $16,000 c. $17,000 d. $18,000 e. $19,000

12. If 8% tax on a sale amounts to 96 paisa, what is the final price (including tax) of the item?
a. $1.20 b. $2.16 c. $6.36 d. $12.00 e. $12.96

13. Among the 100 students in a business school, 50% enrolled in a marketing course. Of the enrolled
students, 90% took the final exam. Two-thirds of the students who took the final exam passed it. How
many students failed in the final exam?
a. 5 b. 10 c. 15 d. 30 e. 45

14. The price of sugar has increased by 60%. In order to restore the original price, the new price must be
reduced by:
a. 33.33% b. 35% c. 37.5% d. 60% e. 66.66%

15. A chemist was preparing a solution that should have included 35 milligrams of a chemical. If he
actually used 36.4 milligrams, what was his percentage error?
a. 0.04% b. 0.05% c. 1.40% d. 3.85% e. 4.00%

16. The average score on a certain examination was 80. Zara, on the same examination, scored 84.
What was her percent deviation from the average score?
a. 6.7% b. 5.5% c. 5.0% d. 4.3% e. 4.0%