Solving Percentage Word Problems

Lisa bought the pizza shown above for lunch, which was cut into 10 equal slices. What percentage of the pizza did Lisa eat if she had three slices?

• 20%

• 30%

• 40%

• 50%

Weight of Manish is 60 Kg. If it is increased by 6 Kg. What is percentage increase in Kilogram?

• 10 %

• 20 %

• 30 %

• 40 %

In an online class 180 students attended class out of 200 students. Find the percentage of students who attended class.

• 85 %

• 88 %

• 90 %

• 95 %

30% jug of capacity 1000 ml is filled with juice.What quantity of juice is filled?

• 350 ml

• 250 ml

• 200 ml

• 300 ml

• 63%

• 66.5 %

• 62.5 %

• 63.5%

Out of 40 children,16 enjoyed helping their parents in kitchen. Find the percentage of such children.

• 45%

• 30%

• 35%

• 40%

100 students took a survey 90% of the students who took the survey say they like playing basketball more than they like playing volleyball. How is 90% written as a decimal?

• 90% = .09

• 90% = .9

• 90% = 9.0

• 90% = 90.0

Nancy is buying a new pair of boots. The store is having a sale and all boots are 20% off. The sales price is what percentage of the boots?

• 20% is the discount, so 80% is the sales price

• 20% is the sales price, so 80% is the discount

• The boots are on sale so who cares

• I will just pay what the cashier says and hopes that I am not cheated out of my money

What percentage of the graph is yellow?

• 20%

• 50%

• 33%

• 17%

If 78% of the total is 156 marks, find the total marks in the test

• 200

• 176

• 210

• 206