How to find the whole from the part with percentage

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ACT Math › How to find the whole from the part with percentage

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1

A bowl contains marbles that are either red or green. The probability of selecting a red marble at random from the bowl is

Which of the following expressions represents the total number of red marbles in the bowl?

2

If \dpi{100} \small 80% of a number is \dpi{100} \small 240, what is \dpi{100} \small 125% of the number?

3

95 is 20% of what number?

4

Florida Clementines Corp sells only the best clementines. The inspector rejected 50% of January’s harvest. Unfortunately, 20% of the inspected clementines fell off the delivery truck. If the truck delivers 200 clementines, how many were harvested in January?

5

There are 8 blue balls in a bag. 40% of all the balls in the bag are blue. How many total balls are in the bag?

6

The average cow produces 8 gallons of milk per day. Scientists have found a vitamin supplement that can safely increase a cow’s milk production by 20%. If a dairy farm consisting of 100 cows uses the supplement, how many gallons of milk will the dairy farm now produce? (Assume each cow produces the average amount of milk per day).

7

Gwen has a collection of 1,000 books. The average thickness of each book is 1.25” thick. She wants to buy enough bookshelves that all of her books will fit on it.

What is the shortest length of bookshelf she should buy, in whole feet, to fit all her books?

8

Nathan spends of his total homework time on Math. He spends one hour on Biology homework, which is twice the amount of time that he spends on Math. What is the total amount of time, in minutes, that Nathan spends on homework?

9

Ed eats 3 cookies every day. If he increases the total amount of cookies he has to begin with by 50%, it would take 21 days to finish all of his cookies. How many cookies does he have to begin with?

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