Estimating a Percent of a Number Worksheet Download
The numbers are deliberately awkward and the choices deliberately far apart: 9.9% of 292 is not meant to be calculated, it is meant to be rounded to 10% of 300. That is why the question asks which choice is CLOSEST - a sheet whose numbers divide neatly is a computation sheet, not an estimation one. The wrong answers are the ways the estimate goes wrong: the decimal point a place out, the percent read as the count (about 10% becoming about 10 students), and the total rounded to the wrong hundred. Nothing within a quarter of the right value is ever offered, so closest always has one obvious winner.
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Estimating a Percent of a Number
A percent and a total that do not divide neatly are given, and students choose which value is closest to the answer.
About this worksheet
A percent and a total that do not divide neatly are given, and students choose which value is closest to the answer.
Student objectives
- Round a percent to one that is easy to use
- Round a total to the nearest hundred
- Estimate a percent of a number with compatible numbers
- Judge whether an answer is reasonable
Everyday practice
- Work out roughly what a discount takes off a price
- Estimate a tip without a calculator
- Judge how many people a survey percentage describes
- Check whether an advertised saving sounds right