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Word Problems - Percent Equation

Authored by Jennifer Vongsy

Mathematics

6th - 7th Grade

CCSS covered

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Word Problems - Percent Equation
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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%

Tags

CCSS.7.RP.A.2

CCSS.7.RP.A.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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

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