Percent Word Problems

PERCENT WORD PROBLEMS

FIND PART, WHOLE, OR PERCENT

Multiple Choice

Shawna earns $550 per week. She gets 15% deducted for taxes. How much money does she pay in taxes each week?

• $82.50

• $3666.67

• $2.73

• $36.67

Multiple Choice

Brian paid $425 for a new bike plus 6% sales tax.

How much money does he pay in taxes?

• $50.25

• $20.50

• $55.20

• $25.50

Multiple Choice

Brian paid $425 for a new bike plus 6% sales tax. What was the total cost of the bike including tax?

• $475.25

• $480.20

• $450.5

• $445.50

Multiple Choice

At a bake sale students sold 145 chocolate chip cookies, 95 oatmeal cookies, and 87 sugar cookies. What percent of the sold cookies was oatmeal?

• 65.52%

• 29.05%

• 91.58%

• 60%

Multiple Choice

There are 32 students in a class. Nine of those students are girls. What percent are boys?

• 71.88%

• 28.13%

• 7.19%

• 2.81%

Multiple Choice

The school softball team played 75 games and won 50 of them. What percent of the games did they lose?

• 66.67%

• 33.33%

• 75.75%

• 25.25%

Multiple Choice

60% of the employees at a high school school work as teachers. There are a total of 420 employees. How many teachers work at the school?

• 151

• 168

• 252

• 269

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