A school held several evening activities last month—a music concert, a basketball game, literacy night, and a drama play. The music concert was attended by 250 people.
Attendance at the basketball game was 30% of attendance at the concert.
Attendance at literacy night was 44% of attendance at the concert.
Attendance at the drama play was 102% of attendance at the concert.
How many people came to each of these activities? Show your reasoning.
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Activity
Some Percentage for Charity
Three music artists plan to donate a percentage of the money they make from selling merchandise.
Complete the tables to show how much each artist would donate for different amounts of merchandise sales.
Artist A plans to donate 1% of the amount of merchandise sales.
sales ($)
1
40
100
3,200
donation ($)
Artist B plans to donate 15% of the amount of merchandise sales.
sales ($)
1
40
100
3,200
donation ($)
Artist C plans to donate 67% of the amount of merchandise sales.
sales ($)
1
40
100
3,200
donation ($)
Another artist plans to donate of the money made from selling merchandise. In the table, write an expression for the amount of donation for each sales amount.
sales ($)
1
40
100
3,200
donation ($)
Student Lesson Summary
Suppose a business donates 1% of its profits to charity each year. How much would it donate if it made $7,500 in profits?
To find 1% of 7,500, we can multiply 7,500 by or 0.01.
, so the business would donate $75.
What if the business donates 6% of its profits to charity? Because 6% of 7,500 is 6 times as much as 1% of 7,500, we can calculate or .
, so the business would donate $450.
The same reasoning can help us find 1%, 6%, and other percentages of another number:
To find 1% of a number, we can multiply that number by or 0.01.
To find 6% of a number, we can multiply the number by or 0.06.
To find 49% of a number, we can multiply the number by or 0.49.
To find 135% of a number, we can multiply the number by or 1.35.
In general, to find of any number, , we can calculate: .
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