Family Math Studio
Lesson 4.5 · Session 26.AT.4
Determine the Whole Given the Part and Percent
Find the whole when you know a part and its percent, using an equation.
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Tonight's spark
A dinner receipt got torn. You can only read the tip: $6. A note says the tip is 15% of the bill. What was the bill?
Make a guess first: did the family spend more than $20, or less?
Try it
Work it out on paper. Write one answer on each line.
Which number sentence matches '12 is 40% of a number n'?
- A. 12 × n = 0.4
- B. n = 12 × 0.4
- C. 0.4 × n = 12
- D. n ÷ 0.4 = 0.12
My answer
In 0.5 × w = 8, which operation finds w?
- A. Divide 8 by 0.5
- B. Multiply 8 by 0.5
- C. Add 8 and 0.5
- D. Subtract 0.5 from 8
My answer
Solve 0.5 × w = 7.
- A. 3.5
- B. 35
- C. 7.5
- D. 14
My answer
Solve 0.1 × w = 9.
- A. 0.9
- B. 90
- C. 9.1
- D. 900
My answer
Solve 0.25 × w = 6.
- A. 1.5
- B. 31
- C. 24
My answer
A $9 tip is 20% of the bill. What was the bill?
- A. $45
- B. $1.80
- C. $29
- D. $180
My answer
Talk about it
Is the whole bigger or smaller than the part, and how does your check show the answer is right?
Home mission
Use a real receipt. Pretend the tip was $5 and it was 20% of the bill. Can your student write 0.2 × b = 5 and solve it? Then check: is 20% of the answer really $5?
If we get stuck, ask
- Which part of "percent × whole = part" is missing here?
- Should the whole be bigger or smaller than the part?
- Can you check by finding that percent of your answer?