Percent Equation Word Problems

There are 36 carpenters in a crew. On a certain day, 29 were present. What percent showed up for work? (round to the nearest tenth)

• about 80.6%

• about 124.1%

• 36%

• 29%

Select the equation that matches: Lily's class voted on whether or not to do a science fair project in groups. Out of 20 votes, 5 were in favor of working in groups. What percent of the votes were in favor of working in groups?

• p x 20 = 5

• p x 5 = 20

• .5 x p = 20

• .2 x p = 5

5 student in class want to have extra homework. If 20% of the student want extra homework, how many total students are in the class?

• 25 students

• 30 students

• 20 students

• 15 students

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?

• 4%

• 40%

• .4%

• 2.5%

• 16

• 25

• 100

• 40

While mining, Jason found a large metal bar that weighed 40 ponds. Jason was also able to determine that the bar contained 30% gold. How many pounds of gold are in the metal bar? Round your answer to the nearest whole number if necessary.

• 10 pounds

• 11 pounds

• 12 pounds

• 13 pounds

You are downloading a program onto your computer that is 85 megabytes. As you are working, you notice that only 60% of the program has been downloaded so far. How many megabytes of the program have been downloaded so far?

• 48 megabytes

• 51 megabytes

• 54 megabytes

• 56 megabytes

The ratio used to find percent is...

• part/whole = %/100

• part/whole = 100 / %

• whole/part= %/ 100

• 30

• 40

• 50

• 60

The hockey team won 63 out of the 84 games it played this year. What percent of the games did the team win?

• 30%

• 67%

• 75%

• 80%