Percent Proportion Set Up

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

• 10%
• 20%
• 80%
• 90%

Miss Holman gave a $0.90 tip to a waitress for severing a meal costing $6.00. What percent of the bill was her tip?

• 10%
• 15%
• 20%
• 25%

In the Central City Grand Prix, out of 30 cars that started the race, 12 of them finished. What percent of the cars finished the race?

• 20%
• 40%
• 60%
• 80%

Eric earned 60 points on his last test. If there were 75 possible points, what was his percent grade?

• 20%
• 40%
• 60%
• 80%

On an 88 question test, Phil missed 11 questions. What is his exact grade for that test?

• 12.5%
• 13%
• 87.5%
• 88%

78 is what percent of 450?

• 5%
• .17
• 17%
• 18%

What percent of 17 is 3? (Round to the nearest whole)

• 18
• 16
• 12
• 3

What percent of 145 is 29?

• 2% - Mrs. Gongora
• 3% - Ms. Packard
• 18% - Ms. Resendez
• 20% - Mrs. Johnson

The ice cream shop sold 8 vanilla cones, 15 strawberry cones, and 25 chocolate cones in one evening.  What percent of the cones sold were strawberry? (You may need to add to find the whole, first!)

• 24.25% - doing back flips
• 27.5% - using blue paint
• 28.95% - eating Cheetos
• 31.25% - using pink paint

Of the 273 students in a school, 95 volunteered to work the book sale.  About what percent of the students volunteered (round to nearest whole percent)?

• 34.8%
• 35%
• 65%
• 64.8%