Percent Word Problems Sale Prices

A student earned a grade of 80% on a math test that had 30 problems.  How many problems on this test did the student answer correctly?

• 17 problems

• 24 problems

• 20 problems

• 18 problems

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Sandals are on sale for 30% off. The original price of one pair of sandals is $30. What is the new cost of sandals after the discount?

• $4.50

• $21.00

• $9.00

• $11.60

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

If a $25 jacket is on sale for 40% off, what is the amount of discount? (Hint: What is 40% of $25?)

• $1.00

• $4.00

• $10.00

• $2.50

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

A skateboard is on sale with a 25% discount. The original price was $120.
Find the sale price.

• 60

• 90

• 110

• 44

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

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

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Ella has 40 CDs in her music collection. 75% of her CDs are rock music. How many rock CDs does she have?

• 30

• 53

• 10

• 16

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

At a cat show, 60% of the cats had long hair.  There were 170 cats in the show.  How many cats had long hair?  

• 60

• 100

• 102

• 1,002

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

A TV is regularly priced at $600, but it is on sale for 20% off. What's the sale price?

• $320

• $500

• $480

• $720

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Forty children in an after school club went to the carnival. This is 25% of the children in the club. How many children are in the club?

• 10

• 160

• 200

• 900

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

The ratio used to find percent is...

• part/whole = %/100

• part/whole = 100 / %

• whole/part= %/ 100