Percent of a Number Word Problem

Yesterday there were 40 problems assigned for math homework. Corey did 10% of the problems incorrectly. How many did he get wrong?

• 1

• 4

• 5

• 8

Alana spent $21 of her $300 paycheck on a gift. What percent of her paycheck was spent on the gift?

• 21%

• 63%

• 7%

At Pizza Pi 9% of the pizza's made last week had extra cheese. If 27 pizza's had extra cheese, how many pizza's in all were made last week?

• 300

• 36

• 30

• 3

A sports store received a shipment of 400 baseball gloves. 30% were left-handed. How many left-handed gloves were in the shipment?

• 12 gloves

• 120 gloves

• 280 gloves

• 28 gloves

40 children from an after-school club went to the movies. This is 25% of the children in the club. How many children are in the club?

• 10 children

• 160 children

• 200 children

• 900 children

Twelve of the students in the school choir like to sing solos. These 12 students make up 24% of the choir. How many students are in the choir?

• 100 students

• 6 students

• 12 students

• 50 students

45 people buy a ticket to the football game. Of these 60% ate nachos. How many people DO NOT eat nachos.

• 27 people

• 18 people

• 45 people

• 60 people

Henry has 15 lawns mowed out of a total of 60 lawns. What percent represents the number of lawns he has mowed?

• 15

• 25

• 19

• 4

Manuel found a wrecked car that he could fix. He bought the car for 65% of the original price of $7200. What did he pay for the car?

• $7,200

• $11,076.92

• $8,250

• $4,680

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

• 10%

• 20%

• 80%

• 90%