Percent Word Problems Set Up

Sam bought an $85.00 jacket for 40% off of the regular price.  How much did he pay for the jacket? 

• 75

• 51

• 36

• 34

In a video store, a DVD that sells for $15 is marked 10% off. What is the amount of discount?

• 1.00

• 1.50

• 16.50

• 13.50

A pair of boots are $94.99.  They are 25% off. With this discount, what is the sale price?

• $71.24

• $118.74

• 23.7475

• $23.75

Mrs. Lindenberger is buying some groceries.  They total to $35.50.  Sales tax is 4.5%.  When she goes to pay, how much will she pay?

• $1.60

• $37.10

• $40.00

• $2.50

Q1. What is the result of 25 * 25?

• 1) 500

• 2) 625

• 3) 100

• 4) 150

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

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

You are downloading a program onto your computer that is 85 megabytes. As you are working, you notice that only 60% of the program has been downloaded so far. How many megabytes of the program have been downloaded so far?

• 48 megabytes

• 51 megabytes

• 54 megabytes

• 56 megabytes

The ratio used to find percent is...

• part/whole = %/100

• part/whole = 100 / %

• whole/part= %/ 100

What is the proportion that matches the problem below:

Kate has a coin collection. She keeps 7 coins in a box, which is only 5% of her entire collection. What is the total number of coins in Kate's coin collection?