Work carefully to complete the following.  Show your work and number consecutively.

1.  24 is what % of 72?

2.  140 is what % of 38?

3.  If blubber comprises 13% of a whale that weighs 4750 pounds, what percent of the whale is blubber?

4.  A whale that weighs 4200 pounds is what % of the weight of a ship weighing 8600 pounds?

5.  A small harpoon boat that weighs 15% of the whaling ship weighs how many pounds?

*What other interesting fact have you learned about percentages?