Fraction Decimal Percent Word Problems

Yesterday 170 guest at a hotel called for food, and 255 guests did not call for food. What percent of the guests at the hotel called for food?

• 60%

• 15%

• 40%

• 85%

A store offered a 20% discount off the regular price of shoes. The amount of the discount is $3. What is the regular price of the shoes?

• $15

• $6

• $9

• $18

There are 90 green and 60 blue jolly ranchers in a bag. Of these, 9 green and 3 blue were sour. What percentage of the bag is sour?

• 10%

• 8%

• 5%

• 15%

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

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

What is 15% of 82?

• 12.3

• 123

• 1.23

What is 33% of 50?

• 16

• 16.3

• 17.4

• 16.5

The decimal for 25% is...

• 2.5

• 25

• 0.25

• 0.025

What is 29% of 650 ?

• 188.5

• 13.3

• 356.7

• 27.7

The Teaneck Zoo has 130 different exhibits.  Of those 130 exhibits, 30% of them contain birds.  How many exhibits contain birds?

• 49

• 39

• 60

• 25