Solving Percentage Word Problems
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7th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
Tags
CCSS.6.RP.A.3C
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
At the craft store, Stanley bought a bag of yellow and purple marbles. He received 60 marbles in all. 42 of the marbles were yellow. What percentage of the marbles were yellow?
7%
18
70%
.7
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Which proportion shows how to calculate 30% of 800?
Tags
CCSS.7.RP.A.2C
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
One strategy to apply percent is to convert the percent to a decimal, then ____________.
multiply
divide
add
subtract
Tags
CCSS.6.RP.A.3C
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A test has 20 questions. If Peter gets 80% correct, how many questions did Peter get correct?
4 correct
16 correct
4%
25 correct
Tags
CCSS.6.RP.A.3C
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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%
Tags
CCSS.6.RP.A.3C
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Ian's town voted on a new speed limit. Of the votes received, 310 were in favor of the new speed limit and 190 were opposed. What percentage of the votes were in favor of the new speed limit?
*HINT* You have to find the total number of votes first!!
62%
38%
61%
310 people
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