Percent Error Word Problems

Shaun estimated that the attendance of a college hockey game was 3,000. The actual attendance was 2,712. What is the percent error of Shaun's estimate? Round to the nearest whole percent.

Jeyson predicts that 227 students would attend the school dance. The actual number was 250. What is the percent error of Jeyson's prediction?

Which term represents the situation? A faulty scale displayed the weight of the package as 14 pounds, 13 ounces. The exact weight was 13 pounds, 6 ounces.

Janel estimated that she would read 250 pages last week. She read 290 pages. What is the percent error of Janel's estimate? Round to the nearest whole percent.

The distance around a neighborhood is 6 miles. When Sam clocked it with an odometer, the distance was 5.52 miles.

What is the percent error of the clocking?

Zed went to the store and bought a bag of chips.  He estimated there would be 350 chips in the package, but realized there were only 210 chips in that package.  What was his percent error?

The attendance for the basketball game was estimated to be 15,000 people but 12,500 people attended. What was the percent error?

You guessed that the Chicago Cubs would win 95 games during the regular season. They actually won 103. What was your percent error? Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.

The ratio that describes how far an estimate is from the actual amount

Find the percent error. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Actual speed: 38 mph

Estimated speed: 35 mph