Word Problems - Percent Equation

A student earned a grade of 80% on a math test that had 20 problems. How many problems on this test did the student answers correctly?

• 25 problems
• 16 problems
• 18 problems
• 9 problems

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Ben earns $12,800 a year. About 15% is taken out for taxes. How much is taken out for taxes?

• $3,000
• $12
• $15
• $1,920

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Everyone at Ethan's school wore either brown or yellow for school spirit day. 74 out of the 100 students at the school wore brown. What percentage of the students wore brown?

• 26%
• 26
• 74
• 74%

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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%

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

A test has 20 questions. If Peter gets 80% correct, how many questions did Peter get correct?

• 4 correct
• 16 correct
• 4%
• 25 correct

Tags

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

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

A pair of sandals costs $10.50.  There is a  7% sales tax.  What is the total cost of the sandals?

• $.74
• $10.50
• $12.78
• $11.24

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.C.7B

Nancy earned 60 points on her last test. If there were 75 possible points, what was her percent grade?

• 20%
• 40%
• 60%
• 80%

Tags

CCSS.7.RP.A.2

CCSS.7.RP.A.3