Percents with Proportions

The Blackwell's buy a house for $250,000. They pay 30% for a down payment. How much did they pay for the down payment?

• $7,500

• $75,000

• $220,000

• $280,000

What percent of the people surveyed were somewhat satisfied?

• 110%

• 16%

• 74%

• 37%

The squirrel population in an area is 150% of last year's population. There are 850 squirrels this year. Approximately how many squirrels were there last year?

• 100

• 167

• 400

• 567

What is 10% of 42?

• 420

• 42

• 4.2

• .42

What percent of the square is orange?

• 20%

• 30%

• 40%

• 50%

Write a percent to represent the shaded portion of the model.

• 16%

• 42%

• 64%

• 80%

Valerie answered 28 problems on her test correctly. If Valerie correctly answered 80% of the problems on the test, then how many problems were on the test?

• 22 problems

• 25 problems

• 35 problems

• 36 problems

Daniel downloaded 375 songs. If 24% of the songs were free, then how many songs did Daniel download for free?

• 64 free songs

• 6 free songs

• 1563 free songs

• 90 free songs

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

• 10%

• 20%

• 80%

• 90%

The hockey team won 63 out of the 84 games it played this year. What percent of the games did the team win?

• 30%

• 67%

• 75%

• 80%