Calculating Percentage of a Whole

A pizza shop has 25 employees. Of these, 14 are students. What percent are students?

• 14%
• 56%
• 33%

Of the 20 people in class, 12 are male. What percent are male?

• 12%
• 60%
• 30%

Blair Walsh made 27 of the 30 field goals he attempted in one season.  What percent of the field goal attempts did he miss?

• 15%
• 90%
• 10%
• 5%

Sally got 22 questions wrong on her quiz that had 40 questions on it. What is the percentage of the questions she got wrong?

• 45%
• 55%
• 32%
• 95%

Greg took a test.  Out of 12 questions, he answered only nine correctly.  What percent of the questions did he score correctly?

• 75%
• 50%
• 80%
• 85%

In a class of 30 kids, 3 forgot to get their report cards signed. What percent is that?

• 3%
• 30%
• 10%
• 70%

29 out of 50 is what percent ?

• 58%
• 75%
• 68%
• 96%

 Shirley spelled 12 of her 15 spelling words correctly on the test.  What percent grade did Shirley get on the test?

• 40%
• 50%
• 80%
• 60%

What percent of 190 equals 19?

• .1 %

• 1 %

• 10 %

• 19 %

Chris took a spelling quiz last week. She got 12 out of 16 problems correct. What percentage did Chris get correct?

• .75

• 75

• 13

• 133