Solve Percent Equations

What is 23% of 65?

• 14.95
• 15.95
• 16
• 13.75

What percent of 50 is 20?

• 40%
• 25%
• 2.5%
• 4%

Solve.
54 is what percent of 90? 

• 16
• 1.6
• .6
• 60

Solve.
What is 5% of 60?

• 300
• 3
• .03
• .3

14 is 12.5% of what number?

• 11.2
• 1.12
• 112
• .112

Match the word problems to the correct equation:

Miguel got 22 questions correct on his quiz that had 40 questions on it. What percentage of questions did he get right?

• 22 * .40 = x

• 40 * x = 22

• 22 * 40 = x

Greg took a test that was 12 questions long. He got 75% of the questions correct. How many questions did he answer correctly?

• 12 * .75 = x

• 75 * 12 = x

• x * .75 = 12

The movie theater has 250 seats. 225 seats were sold for the current showing. What percent of seats were sold?

• 225 * x = 250

• x * 250 = 225

• 250 * x = 225

In the Watkins Glen Grand Prix, out of 30 cars that started the race, 40% of them finished the race. How many of the cars finished the race?

• 30 * x = 40%

• 30 * 0.4 = x

• 40 * x = 30

Convert (change) 55% to a decimal.

• 5.5

• 0.055

• 0.55

• 55.