6th Grade Enrichment Math Percent Review

6th Grade Enrichment Math Percent Review

by Nicole Gubbins

​How to Use Proportional Relationships to Solve Percent Problems

​The basic set-up and review of how to solve any percent problem.

Multiple Choice

What is 50% of 120?

• 60

• 6

• 600

• 6000

Multiple Choice

What is 50% of 120?

• 60

• 6

• 600

• 6000

Multiple Choice

What is 55% of 900?

• 49

• 495

• 4950

• .495

Multiple Choice

What is 6% of 200?

• .12

• 12.4

• 120

• 12

Multiple Choice

What % of 18 is 27?

• 66%

• 6%

• 66.6%

• .6%

Multiple Choice

What % of 8 is 6

• 75%
• .75%
• 750%
• 7%

Multiple Choice

What percent of 120 is 225?

• 187%

• 1875%

• 187.5%

• 12%

Multiple Choice

15% of what number is 60?

• 40
• 400
• 4
• 4000

Multiple Choice

What percent of 50 is 11?

• 22
• 2
• 220
• 12

Multiple Choice

4% of 625 is what number?

• 250
• 25
• 2
• 2500

Multiple Choice

95% of what number is 19?

• 20

• 95

• 63

• 19

Multiple Choice

What number is 70% of 45?

• 35

• 31.5

• 70

• 40

Multiple Choice

45 is what percent of 90?

• 50%

• 20%

• 60%

• 55%

Multiple Choice

24 is what percent of 60?

• 40%

• 20%

• 65%

• NOT HERE

Multiple Choice

The city council voted on a new tax. The council has 20 members and 20% of the council members voted in favor of the new tax. How many members voted in favor of the tax?

• 16 council members 
• 4 council members 
• 20% of the members 
• 100

Multiple Choice

At the craft store, Stanley bought a bag of yellow and purple marbles. He received 60 marbles in all. 42 of the marbles were yellow. What percentage of the marbles were yellow?

• 7%
• 18
• 70%
• .7

Multiple Choice

Bonnie took a history test and scored 21 out of 84 correct. What percentage did she get right?

• 25%
• 75%
• 4%
• 21%

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%

​Finding Markups, Taxes, Discounts, and Markdowns

​Review how to find the final cost on items that have a tax, discount, or markup on them.

Multiple Choice

  If you receive 25% off an item costing $22.00, how much money do you save?

• $ 5.50
• $ 4.25
• $6.00
• $7.35

Multiple Choice

How much tax would you pay on a new TV that is $899 at Best Buy, if the tax rate is 6.5%?

• $957.44
• $841
• $58.43
• $905.50

Multiple Choice

How much tip should you leave if you want to tip 23% at Applebee's on a $27.31 bill?

• $6.28
• $33.59
• $21.03

Multiple Choice

Sales tax is __________ to the price

• subtracted
• added
• multiplied
• divided

Multiple Choice

Ralph buys a computer for $675. The sales tax rate is 6%. How much did Ralph pay for the computer?

• 40.50
• 715.50
• 6.00
• 634.50

Multiple Choice

In a video store, a DVD that sells for $15 is marked 10% off. What is the amount of discount?

• 1.00
• 1.50
• 16.50
• 13.50

Multiple Choice

Regular price: $174. Discount: 40%. Find the sale price. Round to nearest cent if necessary.

• $104.40

• $140.40

• 104.4

• 69.6

Multiple Choice

Discount is ____________ from the price.

• added
• divided
• subtracted
• Mr. Ed is very old

Multiple Choice

Find the total cost.  Dinner with tax included is $23.77; you leave a 10% tip.

• $ 2.38
• $ 2.37
• $ 26.15
• $ 21.39

Multiple Choice

Angela spent $30.00 at a restaurant.  If she leaves a 15% tip, how much will her TOTAL BILL be? 

• 30.00
• 45.25
• $ 34.50
• 35.65

Multiple Choice

What is the total price of a book if Barnes and Nobles gets it for $4.25 and the markup is 30%?

• $55.25
• $1.28
• $5.53
• $4.38

Multiple Choice

Gratuity is _______________ to the price.

• added
• subtracted
• multiplied
• Coach Ed is old

Multiple Choice

A discounted price means the price has

• decreased
• increased
• stayed the same

​Finding the Percent Change-Increase or Decrease

​Watch the following video to review how to find the percent change in a problem.

Multiple Choice

The number of people signed up for a bus trip increased from 32 to 45. What is the percent increase? Round to the nearest percent.

• 52%
• 41%
• 42%
• 45%

Multiple Choice

Find the percent increase. Round to the nearest percent.
From $5 to $8 

• 40%
• 60%
• 55%
• 65%

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Ciampa had 27 students in her class last year and this year she had 30 students in her math class. What is the percent of change?

• 24%
• 20%
• 11%
• 50%

Multiple Choice

Find each percent decrease. Round to the nearest percent.
From $80 to $64 

• 35%
• 10%
• 20%
• 25%

Multiple Choice

Find each percent decrease. Round to the nearest percent.
From 90 points to 45 points 

• 55%
• 50%
• 45%
• 35%

Multiple Choice

Tickets to Disney World are $100.The price is going to increase on January 1. What is the percent of change if the cost increases to a $120?

• 25%
• 18%
• 20%
• 50%

Multiple Choice

Find the percent change.
Original amount:  16
New amount: 11

• 5%
• 31%
• .3%
• 56%

Multiple Choice

Find the percent change.
Original amount:  16
New amount: 11

• 5%
• 31%
• .3%
• 56%