Percent Word Problems 6th

Which pink blocks represent 65%?

• A
• B
• C 
• D

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2

CCSS.7.RP.A.3

What percent is in color?

• 3%
• 30%
• 33%
• 300%

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3

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%

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

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

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

The ratio used to find percent is...

• part/whole = %/100
• part/whole = 100 / %
• whole/part= %/ 100

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2

CCSS.7.RP.A.3

The movie theater has 250 seats. 225 seats were sold for the current showing. What percent of seats are sold?

• 10%
• 20%
• 80%
• 90%

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2

CCSS.7.RP.A.3

In the Central City Grand Prix, 12 out of 30 cars that started the race were able to complete the race. What percent of the cars finished the race?

• 20%

• 40%

• 60%

• 80%

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2

CCSS.7.RP.A.3

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%

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Jennifer made a fruit juice using red and green grapes. Thirty percent of the grapes are red. If she used a total of 60 grapes, how many red grapes should she use?

• 18 green grapes 
• 50% of the grapes 
• 18 red grapes
• 50 red grapes

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Andrea scored 19 correct out of 20 questions on a test. What percent did she earn?

• 19%

• 88%

• 90%

• 95%