Carnegie Math Percentages

There are 15 pieces of fruit in a bowl and 6 of them are apples. What percentage of the pieces of fruit in the bowl are apples?

• 0.06%

• 0.4%

• 6%

• 40%

Lin’s family has completed 70% of a trip. They have traveled 35 miles. How far is the trip?

• 24.5 miles

• 50 miles

• 59.5 miles

• 200 miles

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

What is 25% of 2 hours?

• 45 minutes

• 30 minutes

• 0.3 hours

• 0.5 minutes

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

What is the percent and decimal of 1/4

• -0.25 and -25%

• 0.25 and 25

• 0.25 and 25%

• None of the above

What percentage of the wall was painted?

• 64%

• 24%

• 60%

• 16%

Tags

6.4.E

Ty planted 80 sunflowers in his backyard.  Seventy-five percent of the sunflowers survived after a severe storm.  How many sunflowers survived?

• 40 sunflowers

• 50 sunflowers

• 60 sunflowers

• 70 sunflowers

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Sixteen students in the school band play clarinet. Clarinet players make up 20% of the band. Use a bar model to find the number of students in the school band.

• 80

• 8

• 40

• 160

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Sales tax rate is the ________of an amount that is added to the cost of an item

• percent

• principal

• interest

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

• A
• B
• C
• D

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Eric earned 60 points on his last test. If there were 75 possible points, what was his percent grade?

• 20%

• 40%

• 60%

• 80%