Percent Word Problems

Percent Word Problems

This lesson will take you through some examples & practice on the topic of percent word problems! Your goal is to think critically and gain confidence with this skill!

Getting Started

First things first, watch the video mini-lesson on the next slide. You may want to write down the examples as I work through them for you! This will be helpful as you work through the remaining problems today.

You Try

The following slides are practice problems for you. Please take your time to work them out ON PAPER, setting up a percent proportion and using cross multiplication and division to find the missing information. If you get a problem wrong, please read the explanation!

Multiple Choice

There are 36 quarters in my coin collection. If my coin collection has 45% quarters, how many total coins do I have?

• 75%

• 80 %

• 75 coins

• 80 coins

Multiple Choice

Adrien and his family are enjoying a vacation in the wild west. One place they really want to visit is the Grand Canyon. The total distance they will drive is 400 miles. If they have already driven 280 miles, what percent have they driven?

• 68%

• 30%

• 70%

• 43%

Multiple Choice

The 6th graders at Oberlin Middle School are going to Stars and Strikes. 60% of the 120 students want to go bowling first. How many students want to go bowling first?

• 72 students

• 27 students

• 54 students

• 69 students

Hey, it's me, Mrs. Powell. I'm curious about something...

Poll

ARE YOU WRITING DOWN THE INFORMATION IN A PERCENT PROPORTION ON NOTEBOOK PAPER? BE HONEST.

• YES

• NO

...if you chose no to the previous question, you need to make a change! WRITE DOWN YOUR PROPORTIONS ON PAPER!

Multiple Choice

A factory made 125 packs of gum. 32% of the packs contained mint-flavored gum. How many packs of mint gum did the factory make?

• 85 packs

• 32 packs

• 40 packs

• 40%

Multiple Choice

There are 42 teachers that work in a school. On Friday, 29 teachers were present. What percent of the teachers showed up for work?

• 50%

• 69%

• 55%

• 80%

Multiple Choice

A student earned a grade of 80% on a math test that had 30 problems.  How many problems on this test did the student answer correctly?

• 17 problems
• 24 problems
• 20 problems
• 18 problems

Multiple Choice

Ian's town voted on a new speed limit. Of the votes received, 310 were in favor of the new speed limit and 190 were opposed. What percentage of the votes were in favor of the new speed limit?

*HINT* You have to find the total number of votes first!!

• 62%

• 38%

• 61%

• 310 people