Percent Word problems

A restaurant offered cooking classes on 24 of the 30 days in November. What decimal is equivalent to the fraction of days in November?

• .8

• 1.25

• .25

• .2

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.C.6

On Wednesday, 72% of the customers who bought gas made an additional purchase. There were 250 customers who bought gas. How many of the 250 customers made an additional purchase?

• 180

• 18

• 178

• 72

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2

CCSS.7.RP.A.3

Yesterday 170 guest at a hotel called for food, and 255 guests did not call for food. What percent of the guests at the hotel called for food?

• 60%

• 15%

• 40%

• 85%

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2

CCSS.7.RP.A.3

A store offered a 20% discount off the regular price of shoes. The amount of the discount is $3. What is the regular price of the shoes?

• $15

• $6

• $9

• $18

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

CCSS.7.EE.B.4

CCSS.7.RP.A.3

During the Valentines student council fundraiser, 144 students bought only hot chips. This is 45% of the total number of students who bought something during valentines week. How many students in total bought something?

• 189

• 65

• 99

• 320

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2

CCSS.7.RP.A.3

There are 90 green and 60 blue jolly ranchers in a bag. Of these, 9 green and 3 blue were sour. What percentage of the bag is sour?

• 10%

• 8%

• 5%

• 15%

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

CCSS.7.RP.A.2

CCSS.7.RP.A.3

As part of a survey, 300 students were asked to name their favorite social media. The results showed that 12 students named Facebook. What percentage of the students is this?

• 4%

• 12%

• 25%

• .04%

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CCSS.7.RP.A.3