Finding a Percent of a Number: Word Problems

A pie shop bakes 500 pies each week. If 40 percent of those pies are apple, how many pies are apple? Put the percent problem in the correct order.

What is 40% of 500?

If 25 percent of your classmates have cats, and your class has 20 students, how many students have cats?What is the percent problem? ​ (a)   % of ​ (b)  

What is 25% of 20?

Last week, John ran 10 miles. If John runs 35 percent farther this week, then how many more miles did he run this week? What is the percent problem?

If John ran 35% more than the 10 miles he ran last week, how many miles did he run?

At Summer camp, 62 percent of the campers decide they want to go swimming instead of hiking. If there are 200 kids at the camp, how many go swimming? The percent problem is 62% of ___, which is ____.

(a)  

Mary's current record for her swimming race is 120 seconds. If she can reduce her time by 5%, how many seconds less will that be? The percent problem is ​ (a)   of ​ (b)   , which is ​ (c)   seconds.

If the school supplies you need cost $25, but you have to pay 7% extra in sales tax, how much extra will you have to pay? You will have to pay ​ (a)   extra.