What Percent Is One Number of Another?
Understanding how to find what percent one number is of another is a key step in mastering percent concepts. This skill builds on what students know about fractions and decimals. It gets them ready for advanced topics, like percent change and real-world percent uses.
This what percent is one number of another worksheet helps students focus on identifying the part and the whole, then using a consistent formula to calculate the percent.
How to Find the Percent
To find the percent when both the part and the whole are given, students follow this process:
$$
\text{Percent} = \frac{\text{part}}{\text{whole}} \times 100
$$
This worksheet reinforces that structure across every problem so students develop fluency and confidence.
What’s Included in This Worksheet
This printable worksheet provides focused, non-word-problem percent practice that helps students strengthen calculation accuracy without extra reading demands. Problems include:
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Whole-number percents
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Decimal percent answers (such as 12.5% and 7.5%)
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A mix of smaller and larger whole values to prevent pattern guessing
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Clean formatting with space to show work
An answer key is included for easy checking, homework review, or independent practice.
Who This Worksheet Is For
This worksheet works well for:
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Upper elementary students learning percent concepts
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Middle school math review
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Pre-algebra percent units
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Homework, test prep, or small-group instruction
Teachers and parents can also pair this worksheet with finding percent of a number and finding the whole given a percent to complete a full percent skills sequence.
Related Percent Skills
If students are comfortable with this skill, they’re ready to move on to:
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Finding the whole given a percent
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Percent change
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Real-world percent word problems
Superthink offers printable worksheets for each of these next steps.
