Finding Percent Word Problems

Caroline took a math test and got 19 out of 25 questions correct.  What percent of the questions did she answer correctly?

• 76%

• 66%

• 24%

• 54%

Out of a dozen eggs in a carton, nine had cracks! What percent had cracks?

• 75%

• 90%

• 66 ⅔%

• 60%

A student answered 8 out of 10 questions correctly on this quiz. What percent of the questions were answered correctly?

• 8%

• 810%

• 80%

What percent of 50 is 20?

• 40%

• 25%

• 2.5%

• 4%

When finding the percent "of" a quantity, the signal word of indicates you perform which operation?

• addition

• multiplication 

• subtraction

• division

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

When finding 25% of 300, what should you do first?

• change 25% to its decimal or fraction equivalent

• multiply 25% by 200

• divide 25 by 300

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

A student earned an 80% on a math test that had 25 problems.  How many problems on the test did the student answer correctly?

• 20

• 21

• 18

• 25

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

What is 15% of 82?

• 12.3

• 123

• 1.23

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

What is 33% of 50?

• 16

• 16.3

• 17.4

• 16.5

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

What is 29% of 650 ?

• 188.5

• 13.3

• 356.7

• 27.7

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C