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4. Percent Word Problems

Authored by Jacob Benson

Mathematics

6th - 7th Grade

CCSS covered

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4. Percent Word Problems
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

The city council voted on a new tax. The council has 20 members and 20% of the council members voted in favor of the new tax. How many members voted in favor of the tax?

16 council members 
4 council members 
20% of the members 
100

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

At the craft store, Stanley bought a bag of yellow and purple marbles. He received 60 marbles in all. 42 of the marbles were yellow. What percentage of the marbles were yellow?

7%
18
70%
.7

Tags

CCSS.7.RP.A.2

CCSS.7.RP.A.3

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Bonnie took a history test and scored 21 out of 84 correct. What percentage did she get right?

25%
75%
4%
21%

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2

CCSS.7.RP.A.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 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%

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2

CCSS.7.RP.A.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

In a school, 25 % of the teachers teach basic math. If there are 50 basic math teachers, how many teachers are there in the school?

150 teachers 
5 teachers 
50 teachers 
200 teachers 

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

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