Real World Percent

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%

• 30%

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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There are 42 teachers that work in a school. On Friday, 29 teachers were present. What percent of the teachers did not show up for work?

• 45%

• 69%

• 55%

• 31%

There are 36 quarters in my coin collection. If 55% of my coin collection is not quarters, how many total coins do I have?

• 60 coins

• 65 coins

• 75 coins

• 80 coins

46% of the students that were surveyed like to eat at McDonalds. If 351 students do not like to eat at McDonalds, how many people were surveyed?

• 560 people

• 650 people

• 499 people

• 875 people