Percent to Decimal Word Problems

Adrien and his family are enjoying a vacation in the wild west. One place they really want to visit is the Grand Canyon. The total distance they will drive is 400 miles. If they have already driven 280 miles, what percent have they driven? Use a tape diagram to solve.

• 68%

• 30%

• 70%

• 43%

What percent of 20 is 14? Use a proportion to solve.

• 15%

• 69%

• 142%

• 70%

Write 75% as a decimal.

• 0.75

• 0.00075

• 7.5

What is 40% as a decimal?

• 40

• 4%

• 0.4

• 400%

A factory made 125 packs of gum. 32% of the packs contained mint-flavored gum. How many packs of mint gum did the factory make?

• 85 packs

• 32 packs

• 40 packs

• 40%

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

• 10%

• 20%

• 80%

• 90%

A pair of jeans costs $34.00. You have a coupon for 30% off the regular price. What is the sale price of the jeans after you use your coupon?

• $10.20

• $23.80

• $31.00

• $44.20

A skateboard is on sale with a 25% discount. The original price was $120.

Find the sale price.

• 60

• 90

• 110

• 44

A waitress received a 15% tip on a bill of $8.25. Including the tip, how much was the total bill?

• $1.24

• $9.49

• $16.50

• $1.23

How much would the tip be if you left 18% on a $75.45 steak dinner?

• $ 13.58

• $ 89.03

• $ 61.87

• $135.80