Percents and Rates

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?

• $1.40

• $6

• $0.60

• $14

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

200 children attended the school play. Of the total attendance, 40% were boys. How many girls attended the school play?

• 800

• 180

• 80

• 120

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

To rewrite a percent as a fraction:  Rewrite the percent using ________ of 100.

• numerator

• denominator

• fraction

• 1

Tickets to an event were sold on four days. The graph below shows the percentage of the total tickets sold each day. If 70 tickets were sold on Wednesday, what was the total number of tickets sold?

• 280

• 700

• 140

• 100

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Of the 620 students enrolled at Kendall Intermediate School, 30% are 6th grade students. What is the total number of 6^th grade students at Kendall Intermediate School?

• 434

• 207

• 186

• 200

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

There are 12 beads on Mrs. Hatch’s bracelet. Eight of the beads are purple, and four of the beads are gray. What percent of the beads are purple?

• 8%

• 66 2/3%

• 33 1/3%

• 75%

Juan has track practice every afternoon. On Monday he will run a total of 12 laps around the track. Each lap measures 400 meters. If Juan has run 2,880 meters so far, what percent of the total distance has he completed?

• 60%

• 40%

• 6%

• 4%

Mrs. Cameroon earns $1,200 each week. The graph below shows her weekly budget based on her income. Which of the following is NOT true?

• Mrs. Cameroon will spend $96 on fuel this week.

• Mrs. Cameroon will spend $250 on groceries this week.

• Mrs. Cameroon will spend $492 on rent this week.

• Mrs. Cameroon will spend $72 on utilities this week.

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Henry has 15 lawns mowed out of a total of 60 lawns. What percent is that?

• 15

• 25

• 19

• 4

What is 20% of 75?

• 15

• 60

• 6

• 1.5

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C