Percent Word Problems
6th - 8th Grade
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Percent Word Problems
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This quiz focuses on percent word problems, a fundamental middle school mathematics topic that bridges proportional reasoning and real-world applications. Based on the complexity and variety of problem types, this material is most appropriate for grades 6-8, with students needing a solid foundation in decimal and fraction conversions, proportional relationships, and multi-step problem solving. The core concepts students must master include understanding the relationship between percentages, decimals, and fractions; applying the part-whole-percent formula; calculating discounts, tax, and price changes; finding missing values when given two of the three components (part, whole, percent); and converting between different numerical representations. Students need strong computational skills and the ability to identify what information is given versus what needs to be found, then select and apply the appropriate strategy to solve each problem type. This quiz was created by a classroom teacher who designed it for students studying percent applications in grades 6-8. The comprehensive nature of this assessment makes it highly versatile for multiple instructional purposes throughout a percents unit. Teachers can use individual questions as warm-up problems to activate prior knowledge about fraction-decimal-percent conversions, assign sections as targeted practice for specific skill areas like discount problems or finding missing values, or deploy the entire quiz as a summative review before unit assessments. The varied question types make this particularly effective for differentiated homework assignments or as formative assessment to identify which students need additional support with specific percent concepts. This quiz aligns with standards 6.RP.A.3, 7.RP.A.3, and 8.EE.A.1, as it requires students to use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world percent problems, compute unit rates, and work with numbers expressed in scientific notation when converting between forms.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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?
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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Nancy is buying a new pair of boots. The store is having a sale and all boots are 20% off. The sales price is what percentage of the original price?
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CCSS.7.RP.A.2
CCSS.7.RP.A.3
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
There are 42 teachers that work in a school. On Friday, 29 teachers were present. What percent of the teachers showed up for work?
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CCSS.7.RP.A.2
CCSS.7.RP.A.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
There are 32 students in a class. Nine of those students are women. What percent are men? (Round to the Nearest Tenth)
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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Sandals are on sale for 30% off. The original price of one pair of sandals is $30. What is the new cost of sandals after the discount?
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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Nancy is buying a new pair of boots. The store is having a sale and all boots are 15% off. The boots that Nancy wants to purchase are $95.00. The expression that can be used to represent the discount is
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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
The ratio equation used to find percent is...
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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C
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