IXL | Solve percent problems using strip models

Read the problem.

75% of the 40 beverages in the vending machine are sports drinks. How many of the beverages are sports drinks?

Pick the model that represents the problem.

100

How many of the beverages are sports drinks?

beverages

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question

Read the problem.

At Berry Fun Farm, Liz picked 12 pints of berries. If 25% of the pints were blueberries, how many pints of blueberries did Liz pick?

Pick the model that represents the problem.

100

How many pints of blueberries did Liz pick?

pints

solution

Read the problem.

At Berry Fun Farm, Liz picked 12 pints of berries. If 25% of the pints were blueberries, how many pints of blueberries did Liz pick?

The total number of pints, or 100% of the pints, is

12.

So, this model represents the problem.

100

Now, find how many pints of blueberries Liz picked. First, divide to find how many pints each part of the model represents. The whole model represents 12 pints, and there are 4 equal parts.

Each part represents 3 pints. You can count by 3s to label the bottom of the model.

100

Since 25% of the 12 pints are blueberries, Liz picked 3 pints of blueberries.

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Lesson: Percents

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