Percent of a Number Word Problem

A student earned a grade of 80% on a math test that had 30 problems.  How many problems on this test did the student answer correctly?

• 17 problems

• 24 problems

• 20 problems

• 18 problems

There are 42 teachers that work in a school.  On Friday, 29 teachers were present.  What percent of the teachers showed up for work? 

• 50%

• 69%

• 55%

• 80%

Sandals are on sale for 30% off. The original price of one pair of sandals is $30. What is the new cost of sandals after the discount?

• $4.50

• $21.00

• $9.00

• $11.60

If a $25 jacket is on sale for 40% off, what is the amount of discount? (Hint: What is 40% of $25?)

• $1.00

• $4.00

• $10.00

• $2.50

• 500
• 625
• 100
• 150

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

• 20%

• 40%

• 60%

• 80%

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

What is 15% of 60?

• 9

• 10

• 8

• 15

Jax has a toy car collection of 400 toy cars. He keeps 48% of the cars on his wall. How many cars does he keep on his wall?

• 833 cars

• 12 cars

• 195 cars

• 192 cars

In your class 6 students out of 30 students are left-handed. What percent of students are left-handed?

• 18%

• 20%

• 5%

• 60%