Percent Part Whole Word Problems

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

• 75%

• 90%

• 66 ⅔%

• 60%

There are 25 students in my French class and 15 are boys. What percent are boys?

• 40%

• 60%

• 75%

• 66 ⅔%

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

• 8%

• 810%

• 80%

The ratio used to find percent is...

• part/whole = %/100

• part/whole = 100 / %

• whole/part= %/ 100

There are 32 students in a class. 8 of those students are women. What percent are women?

• 25%

• 75%

• 32%

• 8%

The campus demographics include 480 female students (part). This represents 64% of the student body (whole). How many students are enrolled? (type your answer as a number only, no spaces or words)

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

A baseball pitcher won 80% of the games he pitched. If he pitched 10 ballgames, how many games did he win?

• 10 games

• 8 games

• 800 games

• 2 games

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

A sports shop has 90 employees. 30% of the employees work part-time. How many part-time employees does the sports shop have?

• 27 employees

• 30 employees

• 60 employees

• 10 employes

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Paul wants to buy a shirt priced at $20. He will save 40% if he waits until it goes on sale. How much money will he save by waiting?

• $50

• $8

• $12

• $6

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

A student earned a grade of 70% on a math test that had 10 problems. How many problems on this test did the student answer correctly?

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C