Percentage Word Problem

A bonsai plant was sold at a discount of 17.5%. The selling price of the bonsai

plant was $379.50.

Find the marked price.

A bonsai plant was sold at a discount of 17.5%. The selling price of the bonsai

plant was $379.50. Find the amount of the discount :

Paula bought an antique chest at a discount of 20%. If she received a discount of $98, calculate: the marked price.

Paula bought an antique chest at a discount of 20%. If she received a discount of $98, calculate:

the amount of the discount

How many tiles is 89% of 100 tiles.

• 79

• 89

• 11

• 21

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

At the craft store, Stanley bought a bag of yellow and purple marbles. He received 60 marbles in all. 42 of the marbles were yellow. What percentage of the marbles were yellow?

• 7%

• 18

• 70%

• .7

In an online class 180 students attended class out of 200 students. Find the percentage of students who attended class.

• 85 %

• 88 %

• 90 %

• 95 %

One baseball team played 15 games throughout their entire season. If this baseball team won 3 games, then what percentage of their games did they win? Round your answer to the nearest whole number if necessary.

• 20%

• 40%

• 60%

• 80%

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