Percent Circle Word Problem

The city council voted on a new tax. The council has 20 members and 20% of the council members voted in favor of the new tax. How many members voted in favor of the tax?

• 16 council members 

• 4 council members 

• 20% of the members 

• 100

Everyone at Ethan's school wore either brown or yellow for school spirit day. 74 out of the 100 students at the school wore brown. What percentage of the students wore brown?

• 26%

• 26

• 74

• 74%

A factory made 125 packs of gum. 32% of the packs contained mint-flavored gum. How many packs of mint gum did the factory make?

• 85 packs 

• 32 packs

• 40 packs 

• 40%

A test has 20 questions. If Peter gets 80% correct, how many questions did Peter get correct?

• 4 correct

• 16 correct

• 4%

• 25 correct

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

In your class 6 students out of 30 students are left-handed. What percent of students are left-handed?

• 18%

• 20%

• 5%

• 60%

A sports store received a shipment of 400 baseball gloves. 30% were left-handed. How many left-handed gloves were in the shipment?

• 160

• 120

• 1200

• 190

While mining, Jason found a large metal bar that weighed 40 ponds. Jason was also able to determine that the bar contained 30% gold. How many pounds of gold are in the metal bar? Round your answer to the nearest whole number if necessary.

• 10 pounds

• 11 pounds

• 12 pounds

• 13 pounds

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%

24 students in a class took an algebra test. If 18 students passed the test, what percent do not pass?
*HINT* Find out how many did not pass the class before you start! 

• 25%

• 75%

• 75 students

• 24 students