Finding Percents Word Problems

The students in Jamal's grade voted to select a guest speaker. 30% of the students voted for a famous athlete. If there are 80 students in Jamal's grade, how many students voted for the athlete?

____ students

Jasmine ordered a set of green and orange pins. She received 90 pins, and 90% of them were green. How many green pins did Jasmine receive?

___ green pins

To celebrate the first day of school, Samir brought in a tray of caramel brownies and walnut brownies. He brought 50 brownies in all. 39 of the brownies were caramel. What percentage of the brownies were caramel? Write your answer using a percent sign (%).

49 out of the 70 people in a company meeting were managers. What percentage of the meeting attendees were managers?

Write your answer using a percent sign (%).

At the craft store, Clare bought a bag of green and red marbles. She received 4 green marbles and 16 red marbles. What percentage of the marbles were green?

Write your answer using a percent sign (%).

Sarah earns $20 a day working after school. She spent 30% of her daily earnings on Monday. How much money did she spend on Monday?

• $26.00

• $6

• $0.60

• $0.66

Shirley spelled 12 of her 15 spelling words correctly on the test. What percent grade did Shirley get on the test?

• 80

• 1.25%

• 80%

• 60%

You pay 5% tax for a $1,000 car. How much did you pay for the car?

• $1,500

• $1,050

• $50.00

• $500.00

Gabe's bill at Colton's was $25. If he decided to leave his server a 20% tip, how much money did he spend in all?

• $30.00

• $5.00

• $45.00

• $20.00

Mrs. Bothers spent $215 at Costco. If she has a coupon for 25% off, how much will she spend with the discount?

• $53.75

• $57

• $161.25

• $268.75